European Parliament legislates to protect pedestrians
New cars will have to pass safety tests designed to protect pedestrians from death or serious injury, as MEPs are expected to agree a new EU Directive on pedestrian safety today.
3 Jul 2003
National News
FLOWERPOTS SAVED FROM BRITISH BLUNDER
British flowerpots are set to gain a new status after MEPs acted to correct a costly blunder that has piled unnecessary charges on nurseries and garden centres.
2 Jul 2003
Local Profits For Local Pockets
Profits from DSD, the direct services department of the borough council, should be used to stop increases in next years council tax rate according to local Liberal Democrats.
2 Jul 2003
Hythe is Missing The Bus!
Peter Carroll of Shepway Lib Dems has written to Stagecoach asking if the service between the Palmarsh area of Hythe to Hythe and Folkestone can be improved on Saturday mornings.
2 Jul 2003
A busy week in Shepway
The last week has been pretty 'action packed' for me in Shepway - only space for a few highlights! On Monday I was asked by a local resident in New Romney to go and visit her as she was suffering persistent troubles with local young people attacking her home and garden. She called at 8pm - I was there by 8.20pm. It is appalling anyone should have to suffer this kind of problem. It is particularly bad that such behaviour is often directed at the elderly. Behaviour of this kind is all too common across Shepway. The good news on this occasion was the swift response of the dedicated local Policeman PC Andy Porter when I called him. Within a day, he had visited the lady, reassured her and adjusted his patrolling to make sure that this behaviour is challenged. A brilliant example of the beat Policing that most local people are crying out for in our area.
PC
1 Jul 2003
Post Office Closure Challenge
In the light of the closure or threat of closure to a number of Post Offices across Shepway, local Lib Dem Peter Carroll has written to the Post Office regulator PostWatch. Offices affected include Sandgate, Horn Street and the Park Road Office in Hythe.
1 Jul 2003