This Saturday 19th July) sees the Folkestone Raft Race & Harbour Festival from The Stade in Folkestone Harbour starting at 10am, with the Raft Race itself starting around midday. The reowned Charivari parade will take place in the afternoon with

Anyone who has helped a senior through a health crisis involving Medicare knows how crucial those payments can be (and how the paperwork is enough to infuriate the Dalai Lama, although that's another story).Without Medicare, the astronomical long-term care costs

Liberal Democrats in Weston-super-Mare have welcomed the launch of the Liberal Democrats' vision for Britain by Party Leader Nick Clegg MP. Called 'Make it Happen', the paper will be debated at the party's conference in Bournemouth in September.

Liberal Democrats have said they are pleased with the report to Cabinet on 20mph speed limits being introduced in Oxford City. This follows their motion calling for 20mph limits in Oxford at Council on 17th June.

Many of you are too young to have watched "The Odd Couple" on tv. There's a courtroom scene (see above) in which Felix is representing his buddy Oscar. Felix warns the court that, when you "assume," you make an "ass"

I have many faults, one of them is my tendency to fall into one of two standard behaviour patterns. The first is to prod the nest with a stick and see what happens, and the second is to lecture, and

Conservatives on Shepway Council's Corporate Scrutiny Committee have backed a proposal to remove money to repair Folkestone's Christchurch Tower from the Council's capital budget. The decision was taken to support the move at the Scrutiny meeting on Monday 14th July,

PARIS - "Obama Takes Europe by Storm," ABC News.com proclaimed earlier this year. The International Herald Tribune was more understated when it ran a headline that confirmed the inevitable: "Obama grabs the spotlight in Europe, too." And this is...