Since 1974, applications have been welcomed each year around this time from residents of Folkestone to apply for the Town Mayor of Folkestone's Christmas Fund for assistance with their winter expenses. Prior to 1974 this was known as the Mayor's Coal Fund and gifts of coal were distributed to those eligible.

Overnight closures of Shorncliffe Road and Audley Road, Folkestone are planned for the evenings of Thursday 22 and Friday 23 October 2020 from 7.00 pm through until approximately 2.00 am each night, with closures lifted as soon as works have been completed.

Shorncliffe Road and Audley Road will be closed in the general vicinity of the junction where they meet each other, near Folkestone West Railway Station.

"In a society where skin colour can be seen as a signifier of value, Black History Month provides an annual opportunity to acknowledge the achievements and contributions of Black people to the societies in which they live." Arike, 2019

Download the full "Black Men Are Good" programme.

I've been asked by a number of local residents and licencees what checking was being made of Covid-19 arrangements such as Track and Trace, distancing and 10pm closure in pubs, bars, clubs, restaurants locally.

I received over the weekend the helpful update below on what the requirements being tested are, and what work is going on in those areas, and thought it would be useful to pass on!