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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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Folkestone Town Council Meeting: Open to All

Folkestone Town Council's next full Council meeting is on Thursday 12 July, and is being held at Morehall Primary School, Chart Road, Cheriton. The meeting starts at 7pm and the public is welcome to attend.

8 Jul 2007
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Independent Watchdog Slams Bedford Borough Election Counting

An independent watchdog has slammed the marathon counting process which saw the recent Mayoral and Borough elections in Bedford descend into a fiasco. In its report on electronic voting and electronic counting processes used in May's local elections in England and Scotland the Open Rights Group, a nationwide Non-Governmental Organisation which works to protect civil liberties and prevent data fraud, concludes that it 'cannot express confidence in the results of the electronic counting pilots it observed' and lists a catalogue of concerns with the Bedford Borough count in particular.

6 Jul 2007
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Claire Darke calls for graffiti clean up

Park Ward's Liberal Democrat candidate, Claire Darke, is calling for a blitz on unsightly graffiti. Walls, post boxes, telephone kiosks and even footpaths can be seen disfigured with spray paint. Claire said, "It can make any neighbourhood look shabby, rundown and neglected. It is very difficult to catch the offenders but if their mess is not removed quickly then more follows and the downward slide has begun."

6 Jul 2007
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