Government efforts to narrow digital divide will still leave disadvantaged children in the cold
Photo: Annie Spratt – Unsplash Education expert welcomes new help but says inevitable rush by schools to access what’s on offer will slow delivery The Government’s last-minute decision to close…
Appeal after three statues weighing nearly a ton stolen near Tenterden
Photo of the stolen statues – Kent Police Three bronze statues have been stolen from a property near Tenterden. It was reported that at around 8.45pm on Sunday 3 January…
Folkestone and Hythe Community Hubs are here to help
No one should feel as though they are alone during this challenging time. In Folkestone and Hythe the local Community Hubs are here to help those who haven’t got alternative…
Natalie welcomes the rollout of vaccinations and mass testing in Dover and Deal
Dover and Deal MP Natalie Elphicke With the Pfizer/BioNTech and Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccines now approved for use in the UK, the local vaccination programme for the coronavirus is expected to commence…
Covid-19 wrong foots Government’s school plans admits Folkestone and Hythe MP
Constituency matters… a weekly column by the Member of Parliament for Folkestone and Hythe, Damian Collins 6 January 2021. This is not the Happy New Year we were hoping for.…
42 people fined almost £10,000 as Kent enters third national lockdown
People urged to stay at home as county enters third national lockdown On Wednesday, 6 January 2021 the country will enter the third national lockdown to help control the spread…
Charing surgery acting as vaccination centre for Ashford villages
Charing surgery is currently acting as the vaccination centre for the Primary Care Network surgeries at Charing, Ivy Court, Woodchurch and Hamstreet). Nearly 1,000 patients over 80 had their first…
Prime Minister waits till eleventh hour to act says Davey
Ed Davey, Leader of the Liberal Democrats has commented on the PM’s new lockdown measures. “Just yesterday morning Johnson was telling parents that schools were safe and children should definitely…
Kent County Council backs Lib Dem call for delay to East Kent primary school reopening
The Leader of Kent County Council has called on the Government to keep schools closed in Thanet, Canterbury, Dover and Folkestone and Hythe. Kent County Council’s Liberal Democrat Group Leader…
KCC Leader urges Education Secretary to keep Kent primary schools closed
Photo by CDC on Unsplash In a letter to Education Secretary Gavin Williamson yesterday (Saturday), Kent County Council Leader Roger Gough and Cabinet Member for Education and Skills Richard Long…