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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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EXCLUSIVE: Sandgate Road Could Be Shut "For Months or Longer"

The section of Sandgate Road in Folkestone from its junction with Earls Avenue to the junction with Castle Hill Avenue could be closed for months "if not years" as exploratory work has found major "voids" down the entire stretch, the Shepway Lib Dems have learned. The voids make the road unsafe to HGV traffic, and have been caused by a cracked Southern Water sewer which is leaking at many points down its length.

11 Dec 2007
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Re-Open Sandgate Road or Fix it - Now!

One of the main approaches to Folkestone - Sandgate Road - has now been closed to traffic for weeks from the junction with Earls Avenue towards Folkestone. However, a walk down Sandgate Road shows there are is no work going on, no holes in the road, no plant or equipment - nothing.

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11 Dec 2007
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Minister confirms British Waterways funding reduction discussions

Local MP Tim Farron has received confirmation through a parliamentary question that the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs are in discussion with British Waterways about reducing their funding for the next three years. Jonathan Shaw, the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Rural Affairs confirmed that there were ongoing discussions about delivering an 'affordable and sustainable network'.

11 Dec 2007
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Farron presses Minister to force local health bosses to keep their promises on ambulance staffing

Local MP Tim Farron has written to the Department of Health today seeking clarification on the upgrades of ambulances in South Lakeland in line with the promise given by Cumbria Primary Care Trust. Mr Farron has written in light of the announcement today that the Department would be recommending an increase in the use of 'solo-responders', ambulances with only one crew member in order to meet response-time targets.

11 Dec 2007
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"Where is the supermarkets fine money going?" - Farron

Local MP Tim Farron has today tabled a parliamentary question to the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, John Hutton to ask whether the farming industry will see any of the £126 million fine handed to Sainsbury's and Tesco, as well as other big dairy producers last week.

11 Dec 2007
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