Busy week for Folkestone and Hythe MP
Constituency matters… a weekly column by the Member of Parliament for Folkestone and Hythe, Damian Collins 24 March 2022 Spring Statement This week in the House of Commons, the Chancellor…
Folkestone pupils’ fundraising earns them heroes title
Lord Mayor of Canterbury Cllr Pat Todd with Darcey Parry, Amber Nicholson, and Eva Ovenden Three schoolgirls have been named community heroes after raising money for the hospital where one…
Ashford Nepalese community have a big-heart when it comes to helping others
Cllr Gerry Clarkson accepts the laptops from Dammar. Looking on are Ashford’s deputy mayor, Cllr Jenny Webb (left), chief executive Tracey Kerly and SGNCAK chairman Ka Prasad Chantyal. Nowhere is…
Reculver School pupils win Lego worth £1,500 in Canterbury museum’s ‘Brickmas’ competition
Reculver School’s winning entry Photo: Canterbury City Council Reculver Primary School has been announced as the winner of The Beaney’s ‘Brickmas’ exhibition LEGO model competition. The school wins a Lego…
Secondary school pupil dies in collision with minibus in Northfleet
Officers are appealing for witnesses following a fatal collision involving a pedestrian in Northfleet. Kent Police was called at around 8.25am on Wednesday 2 February 2022, to a collision in…
Kent Liberal Democrats condemn proposed hike in school Travel Saver Pass
Liberal Democrats in Folkestone and Hythe have condemned the proposed increased in Kent Travel Saver Passes. Cllr Mike Sole (Canterbury South) said, “This year families are facing huge increases in…
Jail for former Maidstone Girls Grammar School teacher over child sexual abuse
A former Maidstone teacher who was found guilty of sexually abusing a child has been jailed for six years. Carly Dear, of Braemore Close, Thatcham (Berkshire), met the victim and…
9-year-old Dover schoolgirl rewarded with Boris Teddy Bear from MP
MP Natalie Elphicke congratulates Scarlett Smith, 9, on her community and charity work Dover and Deal MP Natalie Elphicke, met with 9 year-old Scarlett Smith at Mrs Elphicke’s constituency surgery…
Two in three teachers in the South East don’t know how to teach a deaf child say NDCS
66% of teachers aren’t confident they can teach deaf children effectively and a third aren’t receiving crucial support from specialist staff. Deaf children in the region already achieve an entire…
Kent headteacher denounces mocking young people for being ‘woke’
Samantha Price, president of the Girls’ School Association (GLA) and headmistress of Benenden School in Kent told delegates at the GLA conference in Manchester yesterday, not to mock ‘woke’ students.…