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Council leader demands answers over giant solar energy project

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There are multiple vast solar and Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) proposals for the areaFolkestone · Folkestone Read Article

Leas Pavilion Developer Insolvency: How Offshore Owner Mylecke NV Left Folkestone with Eyesore Towers and Broken Promises

For 18 months the two stark concrete towers on Folkestone’s Leas have stood frozen – an unfinished gateway to a luxury apartment scheme that never arrived. In early September, Belgian developer Mylecke NV broke months of silence to reassure residents via KentOnline that the Leas Pavilion project would finally restart “within the next three months”, with financing said to be close to resolution. But new documents filed at Companies House tell a v…Folkestone · Folkestone Read Article

Saunders not getting carried away

Folkestone Invicta head into their Isuzu FA Trophy second round tie at Cheriton Road this weekend with National League AFC Totton in terrific form sitting top of the Isthmian Premier Division. Tuesday’s eight-one thrashing of Cray Wanderers cemented Jay Saunders’s side place at the top of the table ahead of Brentwood Town as Cheriton Road saw another goal fest after the clubs return home when their new 4g playing surface was finished. Speaking…Folkestone · Folkestone Read Article

The beautiful 200-year-old Kent seaside pub named among UK’s top 100

A Victorian Kent pub just 90 minutes from south east London has been named one of the best in the country.Folkestone · Folkestone Read Article

Exposed: Cllr David Wimble’s False Asylum Law Claims — Debunked by UK Courts, Statute and Parliament

Updated 12:10 12/11/25 Cllr David Wimble, Kent County Council’s Cabinet Member for Environment, used a local platform to deliver a sweeping denunciation of small-boat crossings and the UK asylum system, via The Looker – which he owns and controls, according to Companies House. It is a forceful read — but where it should marshal facts, it leans on slogans, legal inaccuracies and insinuation. At a time when precision matters, this is not good enou…Folkestone · Folkestone Read Article

Folkestone & Hythe discretionary fees up; bereavement leads, court costs frozen

What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.” — Oscar Wilde Over five budgets from 2022/23 to the proposed 2026/27 schedule, Folkestone & Hythe District Council’s discretionary fees and charges show a mix of inflationary uplifts, bespoke re-pricings and statutory caps. The big story is in the bereavement line: cemetery and crematoria-adjacent charges have climbed far faster than CPI, while court-cost add-ons…Folkestone · Folkestone Read Article

Why Folkestone Academy’s EHE Rate Is Triple the Kent Average

In a single year, 58 pupils left Folkestone Academy for Elective Home Education—6.6% of the school’s roll and more than three times the Kent secondary average. The numbers raise sharp questions about support, oversight and what happens to children once they step off the roll. At 8.30 on a weekday morning, a register tells you who is present. It struggles to say much about who is no longer coming. At Folkestone Academy the absence is measurable: …Folkestone · Folkestone Read Article

Folkestone & Hythe War Memorials & Roll of Honour: Remembering All Who Fell on Land, Sea and Air

Folkestone & Hythe’s roll of honour stretches from village greens to the cliff-top memorials that face France. On The Leas, the Folkestone War Memorial carries around 500 names from the First World War and 300 from the Second, the simple injunction on its stone—“May their deeds be held in reverence”—doing the heavy lifting of a town’s memory. Nearby, the Road of Remembrance marks the path taken by millions of men and women who embarked at Folkes…Folkestone · Folkestone Read Article

Bid to extend hours at award-winning tearoom described as ‘vital’ for village

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A tearoom has launched a bid to extend its opening hours - with supporters describing the move as “vital” for keeping their village alive.Folkestone · Folkestone Read Article

LeShuttle ups its game with a forthcoming new terminal design by Hollaway Studio

LeShuttle’s overhauled terminal in Folkestone will befit its role as the prime hub for the channel tunnel and as a gateway into EuropeFolkestone · Folkestone Read Article

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Council leader demands answers over giant solar energy project

Leas Pavilion Developer Insolvency: How Offshore Owner Mylecke NV Left Folkestone with Eyesore Towers and Broken Promises

Saunders not getting carried away

The beautiful 200-year-old Kent seaside pub named among UK’s top 100

Exposed: Cllr David Wimble’s False Asylum Law Claims — Debunked by UK Courts, Statute and Parliament

Folkestone & Hythe discretionary fees up; bereavement leads, court costs frozen

Why Folkestone Academy’s EHE Rate Is Triple the Kent Average

Folkestone & Hythe War Memorials & Roll of Honour: Remembering All Who Fell on Land, Sea and Air

Bid to extend hours at award-winning tearoom described as ‘vital’ for village

LeShuttle ups its game with a forthcoming new terminal design by Hollaway Studio

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Council leader demands answers over giant solar energy project

Leas Pavilion Developer Insolvency: How Offshore Owner Mylecke NV Left Folkestone with Eyesore Towers and Broken Promises

Saunders not getting carried away

The beautiful 200-year-old Kent seaside pub named among UK’s top 100

Exposed: Cllr David Wimble’s False Asylum Law Claims — Debunked by UK Courts, Statute and Parliament

Folkestone & Hythe discretionary fees up; bereavement leads, court costs frozen

Why Folkestone Academy’s EHE Rate Is Triple the Kent Average

Folkestone & Hythe War Memorials & Roll of Honour: Remembering All Who Fell on Land, Sea and Air

Bid to extend hours at award-winning tearoom described as ‘vital’ for village

LeShuttle ups its game with a forthcoming new terminal design by Hollaway Studio

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