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Driver who crashed into pub loved by Ed Sheeran avoids jail

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Shocking CCTV footage from the night shows a red Toyota Yaris smashing through the restaurant area of the family-owned pubToyota · Folkestone Read Article

Green-Led Folkestone & Hythe Council Falling Short on Climate Action

Folkestone & Hythe District Council has joined the call for Westminster to pass the Climate and Nature Bill. That is welcome symbolism. But the council’s own climate action scorecard shows a gulf between rhetoric and delivery. If the district is serious about cutting emissions and restoring nature, far more must change here at home. What The Independent Scorecards Say Climate Emergency UK’s 2025 Action Scorecards assess real-world action taken b…Westminster · Folkestone Read Article

Folkestone & Hythe District Council Budget 2026/27: Council Tax Rises, Services, and Risks

Folkestone & Hythe District Council published its 2025/26 Budget Strategy last December and its 2026/27 Budget Strategy this October. Read together, they show a Council holding the same course—balance the books, protect essentials, borrow prudently—while sailing into rougher seas. This layman’s guide sets out the key similarities and differences, the role of reserves in 2024/25 and 2025/26, and why balancing the budget by dipping into savings is…Folkestone · Folkestone Read Article

Folkestone & Hythe DC Temporary Accommodation Costs Forecast to Rise £273,500 (≈30%) to £1.2m in 2025/26

Folkestone & Hythe District Council warns that the cost of housing homeless households in temporary accommodation (TA) is spiralling. In 2024/25 the council’s own finance data show it spent roughly £926,500 on TA provision. (A recent FOI response by a local outlet gave a similar figure, around £922,500.) Pressures are mounting: the October 2025 Cabinet report projects the TA subsidy shortfall to reach about £1.2 million in 2025/26. This marks a …Housing · Folkestone Read Article

Driver who smashed into pub causing £50k damage after ‘drinking all day’ walks free

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A driver who ploughed into a pub after ‘drinking all day’ has walked free from court - despite causing £50,000 of damage.Folkestone · Folkestone Read Article

‘He gave his heart and soul to the town which he loved with a passion’

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A former district and town councillor who “gave his heart and soul” to the community for decades has died.Folkestone · Folkestone Read Article

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Driver who crashed into pub loved by Ed Sheeran avoids jail

Green-Led Folkestone & Hythe Council Falling Short on Climate Action

Folkestone & Hythe District Council Budget 2026/27: Council Tax Rises, Services, and Risks

Folkestone & Hythe DC Temporary Accommodation Costs Forecast to Rise £273,500 (≈30%) to £1.2m in 2025/26

Statue of town’s saint restored after being left headless in vandal attack

Folkestone’s St Eanswythe Gets Her Head Back—At Last

Tommy Robinson was stopped by police in Kent driving Bentley that wasn't his

Lidl Folkestone Plan Faces Mixed Reaction and Ownership Questions

Driver who smashed into pub causing £50k damage after ‘drinking all day’ walks free

‘He gave his heart and soul to the town which he loved with a passion’

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Driver who crashed into pub loved by Ed Sheeran avoids jail

Green-Led Folkestone & Hythe Council Falling Short on Climate Action

Folkestone & Hythe District Council Budget 2026/27: Council Tax Rises, Services, and Risks

Folkestone & Hythe DC Temporary Accommodation Costs Forecast to Rise £273,500 (≈30%) to £1.2m in 2025/26

Statue of town’s saint restored after being left headless in vandal attack

Folkestone’s St Eanswythe Gets Her Head Back—At Last

Tommy Robinson was stopped by police in Kent driving Bentley that wasn't his

Lidl Folkestone Plan Faces Mixed Reaction and Ownership Questions

Driver who smashed into pub causing £50k damage after ‘drinking all day’ walks free

‘He gave his heart and soul to the town which he loved with a passion’