http://www.shepwaylibdems.org.uk/newsarchive.php Recent News Stories from Shepway Liberal Democrats en-GB Shepway Liberal Democrats http://www.shepwaylibdems.org.uk/ Prater Raines Ltd http://www.praterraines.co.uk/ (c) 2010 Shepway Liberal Democrats 2010-08-01T02:50+01:00 United Kingdom http://www.shepwaylibdems.org.uk/news/001926/exclusive_shepway_conservatives_carry_on_claiming_expenses__liberal_democrats_cost_you_less.html Research by Shepway Liberal Democrats has shown that Liberal Democrat Councillors claim less expenses from the Council than any other group. 2010-07-22T08:00+01:00 http://www.shepwaylibdems.org.uk/news/001932/tv_deal_too_good_to_be_true.html Kent Trading Standards have received reports of men selling shrink wrapped flat screen TV's from the back of a truck in the Folkestone and surrounding areas. Their information suggests that the sellers have no fixed address. 2010-07-20T17:32+01:00 http://www.shepwaylibdems.org.uk/news/001927/you_decide_application_form_2010.html Application forms for the Folkestone West "You Decide" day on 11th September are now available for download at http://tinyurl.com/3aytmo9 2010-07-14T17:12+01:00 http://www.shepwaylibdems.org.uk/news/001921/expensefree_prater_one_of_8_kent_county_councillors_not_to_claim_expenses_last_year.html Kent County Council have published expense and allowance figures for Kent County Councillors in 2009-10 which show Folkestone West County Councillor Tim prater as one of 8 serving County Councillors who claimed no expenses for mileage, fares or subsistence in 2009-10. 2010-07-12T12:28+01:00 http://www.shepwaylibdems.org.uk/news/001917/urgent_offpeak_road_closure_north_road_cheriton_from_14_july_2010.html Because of urgent carriageway repairs and resurfacing, North Road, Cheriton will be closed to through traffic between the junctions with Military Road and North Close. 2010-07-09T13:02+01:00 http://www.shepwaylibdems.org.uk/news/001916/councillor_call_for_royal_military_avenue_safety_review.html Cheriton Councillor Tim Prater has asked Kent Highways to review the traffic calming measures in Royal Military Avenue, Cheriton after a number of local residents raised concerns with the scheme. 2010-07-09T12:53+01:00 http://www.shepwaylibdems.org.uk/news/001912/cheriton_and_morehall_police_and_pcso_update_june_2010.html Please see below an update for the month of June, showing what we have been up to. 2010-07-01T09:00+01:00 http://www.shepwaylibdems.org.uk/news/001907/official_opening_of_caterpillars_childrens_centre_morehall.html The Caterpillars Children's Centre in Cheriton will be officially opened next week, and the Mayor of Folkestone, Tom McNeice, will join families for the celebration. The centre, on Chart Road, specialises in support services for children aged up to five years old and their families, including parent and baby/toddler groups, baby massage sessions, antenatal support and child health clinics. 2010-06-17T12:17+01:00 http://www.shepwaylibdems.org.uk/news/001894/in_memoriam_margaret_newcombe.html Shepway Liberal Democrats are sad to hear that ex-Folkestone Town Cllr Margaret Newcombe passed away yesterday. Best wishes at this time to her family and friends. 2010-06-03T15:37+01:00 http://www.shepwaylibdems.org.uk/news/001893/new_folkestone_mayor_journal_launched.html In May 2010, Liberal Democrat Morehall ward Councillor Tom McNeice was elected as the Mayor of Folkestone. To record the year and the hundreds of engagements during that time, Tom is keeping a journal as a record of some of the events, meetings and people that he has seen as part of his time of Mayor, and the good things happening across Folkestone and Shepway. 2010-06-02T17:59+01:00 http://www.shepwaylibdems.org.uk/news/001892/cheriton_and_morehall_police_and_pcso_update_may_2010.html Please see below an update for the month of May, showing what we have been up to. 2010-06-02T09:43+01:00 http://www.shepwaylibdems.org.uk/news/001891/big_welcome_to_news_of_new_leas_lift_operators.html Shepway Councillor Tim Prater has warmly welcomed news (http://tinyurl.com/23v76fo) that the Folkestone Leas Lift will be operated by a group led by local historian Eamonn Rooney, and has wished the new company every success. 2010-06-01T18:17+01:00 http://www.shepwaylibdems.org.uk/news/001889/cheriton_high_street_reopened.html Cheriton High Street, Cheriton has now been re-opened (afternoon Friday 28th May) after investigations into subsidence in the road. The carriageway subsidence was caused by a collapsed sewer pipe which has now been repaired, and the road closure signage is currently being collected. 2010-05-28T16:11+01:00 http://www.shepwaylibdems.org.uk/news/001888/councillor_and_pcso_surgery_dates_for_cheriton_library.html New Cheriton and Morehall surgery dates for Folkestone West County Councillor Tim Prater and Cheriton and Morehall PSCO Mark Ball have been set for the remainder of 2010 as Friday 25th June, Friday 30th July, Friday 27th August, Friday 24th September, Friday 29th October, and Friday 26th November. 2010-05-28T15:48+01:00 http://www.shepwaylibdems.org.uk/news/001883/you_decide_day__back_by_popular_demand.html Lib Dem Tim Prater ran the first "You decide day" in Folkestone last year. The event gives power direct to local residents who decide on which projects they want to see backed with £15,000 of grants. 2010-05-21T16:25+01:00