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Sewage in our Rivers

The sheer quantity of raw sewage being dumped into Britain’s rivers and coastal areas is a scandal and a disgrace.

14 Sep 2022
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Peter Carroll gets Naseby Road "Buffer strip" action

Cheriton Councillor Peter Carroll has received an undertaking from Shepway Council that they will be sending a team to clear up and cut the 'buffer strip' at the rear of houses in Naseby Avenue in Cheriton and that they will revisit the idea of allowing tenants to make use of the land under some form of notional lease.

9 Sep 2008
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£100 fine for using Stop24 services

A visitor to Shepway from Huntingdon got an unpleasant surprise when stopping for a break at the M20 J11 Stop24 services in July when he got home: a £100 fine for parking at the services!

9 Sep 2008
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Tories try to rubbish school children's SATS efforts

Work on this year's SATS tests in schools should be torn up and thrown away, according to Conservatives at Essex County Council. Earlier today the Conservative group presented a motion to annul the results at a meeting of the full council, but were embarrassed into withdrawing the offending words after criticism by the Liberal Democrat group.

9 Sep 2008
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Tories cry wolf over financial crisis

Liberal Democrats at Essex County Council have questioned Conservative claims that the budget for services for the elderly is in crisis - a claim that is not shown on the council's balance sheets.

9 Sep 2008
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