Stephen Williams MP has today spoken out against any plans the BBC might have regarding the relocation of the drama series Casualty. The series, which has been filmed in Bristol since it aired for the first time 21 years ago,
Labour MPs on Monday night voted through the doubling of tax on people on low and modest incomes with not a single Labour MP opposing it. The debate could have seen an embarrassing defeat for the Government. But Labour MPs
Staff and pupils at the Folkestone Academy are mourning the loss of their Principal, John Patterson after he passed away at the weekend. Mr Patterson had been taken ill before Easter. He was admitted to hospital when his condition worsened
A van driver has died after a crash at the Western Heights roundabout on the A20 in Dover. The incident just before 6.00am on Tuesday (29 April) involved no other motorists. The road was closed for several hours and traffic
Former teacher, Gareth Thomas, from Folkestone, is to walk 1300 miles over a traditional Catholic pilgrimage to Compestela in Spain - raising funds to support disabled children’s mobility in the UK. He took the decision to leave his job as
Commenting on Floodgates or Turnstiles, the new report on migration published today (Wednesday) by the Institute for Public Policy Research, TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said:
Mike Jones, who stood down at the 2007 Borough Elections after 36 years serving as Councillor for the Loughborough Hastings Ward, will follow in the footsteps of athlete Paula Radcliffe in receiving the top accolade.
Nick Clegg has branded the Government's treatment of older people as 'a stain on the moral conscience of this country'. In a speech this morning in London about the crisis in social care for older people, Nick Clegg set out
Home Office officials have considered averting a Commons defeat on 42-day detention by suggesting judges could be empowered to order the release of those being held for more than the current limit of 28 days under control order or a
In the last week we have seen plenty of evidence that the Tories (and Labour, for that matter) are weak on the environment. At the inquiry into the Town Centre Plan, the inspector refused suggestions from Keith Francis and Graham
More than 50 Labour MPs will make their average constituent pay more income tax if they vote to double the 10p tax rate today, Liberal Democrat research shows. In total there are 58 constituencies where the average constituent would lose
Scores of children and babies have been locked up in filthy prison cells in Harare as Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe's president, sinks to new depths in his campaign to force the opposition into exile before an expected run-off in presidential elections.
