Folkestone & Hythe News
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Council Updates Name the lawful authority: fourteen Kent councils asked to justify LGR spending
Two days after this newspaper put a single legal question to the senior officers of every council in Kent, only two automated replies have…
26 May 2026 -
Council Updates Kent’s statutory officers put on notice over pre-Royal-Assent reorganisation spending
A formal Notice of Post-Royal-Assent Candour and Personal Statutory Liability has placed the Section 151 Officers and Monitoring Officers…
22 May 2026 -
Crime & Justice Kent Police seize drugs and cash in Folkestone operation, suspected dealer arrested
Kent Police seize drugs and cash in Folkestone operation, suspected dealer arrested Officers recovered suspected controlled substances and…
18 May 2026 -
Crime & Justice Man in his 90s found dead in St Mary’s Bay as detectives charge suspect
Man in his 90s found dead in St Mary’s Bay as detectives charge suspect Kent Police launch murder investigation after man in his 90s…
16 May 2026 -
Crime & Justice Kent Police launch murder investigation after man dies in Romney Marsh
Kent Police launch murder investigation after man dies in Romney Marsh A suspect has been arrested following the death of a man in the…
15 May 2026 -
Council Updates Folkestone & Hythe District Council Launches First Dedicated Solar Installation Programme for 250 Council Homes
The two-year contract aims to reduce tenants’ energy bills and lower the council’s carbon footprint through roof-mounted solar panels…
13 May 2026 -
Council Updates Folkestone & Hythe Council Completes £4 Million Energy Upgrade Programme for 463 Council Homes
Multi-million pound Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund project delivers insulation, solar panels and heat pumps to cut tenant bills and…
13 May 2026 -
Council Updates Folkestone & Hythe District Council Increases Ward Budgets to £5,000 Per Councillor for Community Projects
Each of Folkestone & Hythe’s 30 councillors will receive £5,000 under the enhanced Ward Budget Scheme to support local activities and…
11 May 2026 -
Council Updates What’s Really Happening to Kent’s Rivers, Beaches and Water Bills
Almost every monitored river in the Medway and the Stour now fails the legal environmental tests. Eleven Kent sewage treatment works are…
7 May 2026 -
Council Updates Folkestone and Hythe District Council Approves £567,000 Hardship Relief Package for Residents
Funding targets cost-of-living support, voluntary sector strengthening, and physical health programmes across the Kent coastal district…
4 May 2026 -
Investigations The Cost of Crisis: How Kent’s Water and Sewage Networks Are Failing
Ninety-seven per cent of monitored water bodies in the Medway basin, and one hundred per cent of those in the Stour, now fail the legal…
4 May 2026 -
Crime & Justice 14-Year-Old Boy Missing from Hythe Since 10 April Safely Found by Kent Police
14-Year-Old Boy Missing from Hythe Since 10 April Safely Found by Kent Police A teenager reported missing from Hythe on Friday 10 April has…
18 April 2026