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£5.5m Bauer Deal Overhauls Folkestone & Hythe DC Bus Shelters Amid Stagecoach Cuts

Folkestone & Hythe District Council has signed a £5.5 million contract with Bauer Media Outdoor UK to install, maintain and repair bus shelters across the district — granting the company exclusive advertising rights for up to 15 years. The upgrade promises tougher weather protection, improved seating, reinforced glazing and digital screens, with 37 new shelters due by 31 December 2025. Bauer Media Outdoor UK maintains around 22,000 bus shelters …Folkestone · Folkestone Read Article

Long queues on M20 as police and fire crews called to crash

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Drivers are facing delays on a major route following a collision.Folkestone · Folkestone See the Story

Race begins to snap up council’s plush new £5 a day beach huts

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The race is on for residents to secure one of 90 new beach huts in a coastal retreat - available for less than £5 a day.Folkestone · Folkestone Read Article

Shocking moment car ploughs into pub after driver had been 'drinking all day'

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Shocking footage has captured the moment a drunk driver careened into a seaside pub loved by celebrities - then calmly walked away.Folkestone · Folkestone Read Article

Folkestone & Hythe District Council FOI Fiasco Returns: Housing Data Contradictions

Folkestone & Hythe District Council has turned transparency from a legal duty into a parlour trick. Once is a mistake, twice is a pattern, three times is a habit—and this council’s habit would put most coke heads to shame. After a conveyor belt of contradictory figures, shape-shifting definitions, and uncorrected blunders, this isn’t mere incompetence;…Folkestone · Folkestone Read Article

Folkestone & Hythe District Council Tax Arrears £6.72m; FOIs Disputed

Folkestone & Hythe District Council is currently owed £6,720,241.51 in unpaid council tax, an FOI disclosure shows. The headline figure is stark, but it comes with a caveat: FHDC’s FOI disclosures—whether issued to journalists or the public—have repeatedly contained inconsistencies and inaccuracies. It shouldn’t be so; alas, it is. Largest Individual Debts The three biggest single arrears cases currently stand at £28,917.46, £23,857.23, and £23,…Taxes · Folkestone Read Article

Otterpool Park Update: Otterpool Park LLP Signs Exclusive Deal With SNRG Before Legal Review, Raising Questions for Folkestone & Hythe District Council

On 27 August, the Shepway Vox Team published an update that has left more questions than answers about the governance of the Otterpool Park development. At the heart of the matter is an “exclusive agreement” between Otterpool Park LLP—the council’s wholly owned company—and energy developer SNRG Ltd, which appears to have been signed before the completion of key legal checks. Back in February 2025, Report Number C/24/68 went before Folkestone & H…Folkestone · Folkestone Read Article

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NSL in Folkestone & Hythe: Ex-Staff Allege Low Pay, Quotas

Police arrest cabbie ‘travelling erratically’ on suspicion of drug-driving

Moment driver crashes into pub loved by celebrities

£5.5m Bauer Deal Overhauls Folkestone & Hythe DC Bus Shelters Amid Stagecoach Cuts

Long queues on M20 as police and fire crews called to crash

Race begins to snap up council’s plush new £5 a day beach huts

Shocking moment car ploughs into pub after driver had been 'drinking all day'

Folkestone & Hythe District Council FOI Fiasco Returns: Housing Data Contradictions

Folkestone & Hythe District Council Tax Arrears £6.72m; FOIs Disputed

Otterpool Park Update: Otterpool Park LLP Signs Exclusive Deal With SNRG Before Legal Review, Raising Questions for Folkestone & Hythe District Council

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NSL in Folkestone & Hythe: Ex-Staff Allege Low Pay, Quotas

Police arrest cabbie ‘travelling erratically’ on suspicion of drug-driving

Moment driver crashes into pub loved by celebrities

£5.5m Bauer Deal Overhauls Folkestone & Hythe DC Bus Shelters Amid Stagecoach Cuts

Long queues on M20 as police and fire crews called to crash

Race begins to snap up council’s plush new £5 a day beach huts

Shocking moment car ploughs into pub after driver had been 'drinking all day'

Folkestone & Hythe District Council FOI Fiasco Returns: Housing Data Contradictions

Folkestone & Hythe District Council Tax Arrears £6.72m; FOIs Disputed

Otterpool Park Update: Otterpool Park LLP Signs Exclusive Deal With SNRG Before Legal Review, Raising Questions for Folkestone & Hythe District Council