Kent is not short of rooftop solar. The data shows households are already getting on with it. The real question is whether Tony Vaughan MP’s sums stack up. Good principle, shaky workings. Roofs are real. His public arithmetic still needs work. tinyurl.com/yy9z5ems

National Highways talks about a “thriving environment”. But on land it owns by the A2 near Canterbury, Kent, the reality is dumped rubbish in the trees. A formal complaint has been lodged. The question now is whether deeds will match the words. tinyurl.com/yeb69fea

Two Southern Water signs for the same Bewl Water upgrade show two very different figures: £30m and £40m. Meanwhile, FHDC calls sewage discharges scandalous but still has not used its statutory nuisance powers. We examine the gap between words and action. tinyurl.com/kx9yh3az

Kent County Council’s SEND taxi invoice irregularities were found by Counter Fraud, not Reform UK’s much-hyped DOLGE. For a unit sold as the cure for waste, it looks worse than useless: all megaphone, no microscope, while others do the actual work. tinyurl.com/4ce4nwmr

Kent County Council’s SEND taxi invoice irregularities were found by Counter Fraud, not Reform UK’s much-hyped DOLGE. For a unit sold as the cure for waste, it looks worse than useless: all megaphone, no microscope, while others do the actual [email protected] tinyurl.com/4ce4nwmr

Southern Water keeps spilling sewage into the East Stour, yet too many councils stay yellow when the law gives them powers to act. Statutory nuisance powers exist for a reason. If councillors will not use them now, they are choosing passivity over public duty. tinyurl.com/fjbhvt6a

Southern Water keeps spilling sewage into the East Stour, yet too many councils stay yellow when the law gives them powers to act Statutory nuisance powers exist for a reason If councillors will not use them now, they are choosing passivity over public duty @sewageuk.bsky.social tinyurl.com/fjbhvt6a

Southern Water keeps spilling sewage into the East Stour, yet too many councils stay yellow when the law gives them powers to act. Statutory nuisance powers exist for a reason. If Cllrs will not use them now, they are choosing passivity over public duty @sascampaigns.bsky.social tinyurl.com/fjbhvt6a

Southern Water keeps spilling sewage into the East Stour, yet too many councils stay yellow when the law gives them powers to act. Statutory nuisance powers exist for a reason. If Cllrs will not use them now, they are choosing passivity over public duty @windrushwasp.bsky.social tinyurl.com/fjbhvt6a

FHDC has a chance to stop talking about dirty water and start testing it. A new motion calls for evidence on sewage pollution in Romney Marsh and the East Stour. No more hand-wringing. Test the water, publish the findings, and follow the facts. tinyurl.com/42txkffz

KCC is moving the library and putting Grace Hill on the disposal track. The council says prudence. Critics see a civic landmark treated as surplus stock. tinyurl.com/mrefbdzz

Kent once had more council homes. Right to Buy changed that. Our latest piece tracks how homes were sold off, replacements lagged behind, and the damage is still felt. tinyurl.com/4n6ywc9v

FHDC has approved a £2.42m grant to help reopen Folkestone Sports Centre’s pool. Supporters call it a lifeline for swimmers and schools. Critics will ask why taxpayers are funding major works on a site the council does not own. tinyurl.com/vs7c8t6w

FHDC is leading the way with a motion to test sewage pollution in rivers and open sewers. Other Kent councils should take note: without evidence, councils cannot build the case for statutory nuisance action, abatement notices or prosecutions. tinyurl.com/yjm8fnma

FHDC has already spent £1.38m on temporary accommodation before March’s figures are even published. With one month still to come, the total could top £1.5m. Our latest piece examines the numbers, the contracts and the growing housing pressure behind them. tinyurl.com/3s2ua2du

Folkestone’s beach huts look neat enough. The paperwork behind them, less so. We dug through the council charity accounts and found late filings, missed promises and numbers needing a torch, a map and a stiff drink. Marine Walk is full; the story is not! tinyurl.com/2j6et436

KCC is pressing ahead with Folkestone Library’s move to Sandgate Road while putting Grace Hill on the disposal track. Our latest piece follows the paper trail, the fight to save the old library, and a council that knows the price of everything and the value of nothing. tinyurl.com/ynjzsp22

Section 56 is Kent’s way of saying a pothole need not be accepted as a permanent landscape feature. If the crater outside your house has a nickname, its own ecosystem and more depth than the Channel, this is where residents can stop begging and start prodding County Hall. tinyurl.com/49fh4d9f

At KCC, the snouts are apparently self-aware: 3.99% more from residents is grim necessity, but 3.8% more for councillors is perfectly “reasonable”. County Hall’s trough remains open; the sermon on restraint is for everyone else. Oink, Kent, oink. Ta! tinyurl.com/5fw7epks

Reform UK Cllr David Wimble says numbers are not his big thing. Kent can now confirm it. The KCC cabinet member turned 47 councillors into 76 and basic arithmetic into performance art. When your sums are this bad, perhaps step away from the budgets. tinyurl.com/yn8p5exh

Cllr David Wimble says "numbers aren’t his big thing". Fair enough. The trouble starts when he as a KCC cabinet member turns 47 Reform councillors into 76 and hopes nobody notices. Our latest piece checks the arithmetic, and the answer is not flattering. tinyurl.com/b4vzwmdy

Green-led FHDC talks a big green game. But on the East Stour, running through its Otterpool Park land, the picture is very different: rubbish, debris and neglect. Polishing an eco image is easy. Keeping a river clean is harder. tinyurl.com/5cnvvjcw

Reform UK councillor David Wimble’s motion at KCC yesterday, rooted more in bile than in evidence, provoked an early opposition walkout before it was even heard. [Video from kentcurrent[dot]news] - tinyurl.com/34xh97k9

Tony Vaughan has joined the sewage campaign. But joining is one thing; action is another. As an MP and barrister, he could use the statutory nuisance law against Southern Water. The question for Folkestone & Hythe is simple: will he? tinyurl.com/yc4xyakm

A bold claim. A thin paper trail. Shepway Vox checked the public record on Leas Pavilion and the filed accounts do not show anything like the £20m funding claim now being made. Charges, receivers and overdue accounts tell a very different story. tinyurl.com/3s3wn2j3

FHDC is being asked to put £2.4m of public money into Folkestone Sports Centre to reopen the pool. The case for saving it is strong. So are the questions: ownership, safeguards, pricing and risk. Our new investigation explains why it matters. tinyurl.com/559ruhcx

Leas Pavilion has been sold on hope for years. Now there’s a £20m claim in the mix. We checked the filed accounts, the charges and the receivership trail. The public record raises more questions than it answers. tinyurl.com/2r694364

Southern Water, sewage spills and Kent’s water crisis have finally reached County Hall. Our latest piece looks at the debate, the public health risk and the question residents keep asking: will this lead to action, or just more official paperwork? tinyurl.com/5cu8ryvy

Sewage in Kent’s watercourses is not just disgusting. Councils have environmental health powers, duties and named contacts. Our latest piece explains who to write to, what they can investigate and why “nothing can be done” no longer washes in Kent. tinyurl.com/mpzx7tc

Reform UK’s David Wimble wants Kent to declare an ‘Illegal Migration Emergency’. Our latest piece checks the law, the numbers and the claims — and finds a motion built more on panic, distortion and politics than facts. Kent deserves better. tinyurl.com/37mf8y33

High E. coli. Poor water quality. Strains resistant to last-resort antibiotics. Kent’s sewage story is not just about dirty rivers and beaches. Evidence from Canterbury, bathing-water warnings and hospital figures points to a public health risk no one can shrug off for Kent. tinyurl.com/5n789rmb

High E. coli. Poor water quality. Strains resistant to last-resort antibiotics. Kent’s sewage story is not just about dirty rivers and beaches. Evidence from Canterbury, bathing-water warnings and hospital figures points to a public health risk no one can shrug off for Kent. tinyurl.com/5n789rmb

Food parcels up. Fuel poverty bites. Children are paying the price while the grown-ups keep issuing strategies and smiling for the camera. Our latest Shepway Vox piece lays bare the poverty crisis in Folkestone & Hythe. tinyurl.com/yc4hzb3b

Folkestone & Hythe says it wants transparency. Shame nobody told the offshore owners. Our latest digs into the council’s blind spot ask a simple question: if they don’t know who really owns what, what exactly are they regulating? tinyurl.com/5n73m3tw

Fourteen affordable homes were promised at Stoneleigh House. What turned up instead? A failed auction, lapsed permission and a council line so wobbly it needs stabilisers. Folkestone’s housing magic trick: now you see them, now you don’t. tinyurl.com/36bujxuw

Trying to see a GP in Folkestone & Hythe shouldn’t feel like applying for an audience with a minor royal. Our new scorecards show one surgery shining, several stumbling, and the real mess is access. The front door is broken. tinyurl.com/yw6urj5j

@tonyvaughanmp.bsky.social Canterbury’s River Stour is carrying E. coli, including strains resistant to antibiotics of last resort. Downstream lies protected Stodmarsh. Six years on, pollution persists, housing is stalled, and the agencies with powers still have not acted. tinyurl.com/3ht5k2wr

@shepwaygreens.bsky.social Canterbury’s River Stour is carrying E. coli, including strains resistant to antibiotics of last resort. Downstream lies protected Stodmarsh. Six years on, pollution persists, housing is stalled, and the agencies with powers still have not acted. tinyurl.com/3ht5k2wr

@endsreport.com Canterbury’s River Stour is carrying E. coli, including strains resistant to antibiotics of last resort. Downstream lies protected Stodmarsh. Six years on, pollution persists, housing is stalled, and the agencies with powers still have not acted. tinyurl.com/3ht5k2wr

@georgemonbiot.bsky.social Canterbury’s River Stour is carrying E. coli, including strains resistant to antibiotics of last resort. Downstream lies protected Stodmarsh. Six years on, pollution persists, housing is stalled, and the agencies with powers still have not acted. tinyurl.com/3ht5k2wr

Canterbury’s River Stour is carrying E. coli, including strains resistant to antibiotics of last resort. Downstream lies protected Stodmarsh. Six years on, pollution persists, housing is stalled, and the agencies and council with powers still have not acted. tinyurl.com/3ht5k2wr

One council pulled on its wellies and investigated. The other seems to have reached for the wrong law book and a comfy excuse. Sewage, spin and Green posturing in one very murky local row. tinyurl.com/yc2xc6ty

Southern Water can send bailiffs round with grim efficiency, yet Kent still gets sewage, poor bathing waters and a sea left holding the bill. Our latest piece follows the money, the muck and the very local consequences. tinyurl.com/2jennyzz

One council pulled on its wellies and investigated. The other seems to have reached for the wrong law book and a comfy excuse. Sewage, spin and Green posturing in one very murky local row. tinyurl.com/yc2xc6ty

Folkestone & Hythe DC's Green Party’s Cabinet Member for the Environment branded a serious UCL study on wood burners “crude”, while failing to use the powers he and the council already have to protect residents’ health.. tinyurl.com/2dyk4uxu

Reform UK says KCC’s debt burden is falling. So why is Cabinet Member David Wimble’s newspaper still publishing information it's rising. He is no stranger to "fake news"? tinyurl.com/5n83a95k

Hythe’s wood-burner debate just got real. FHDC’s climate cabinet member called UCL data “crude”. BMJ-linked reporting shows why councils are being legally pressurised by the stove industry — and why air quality matters. tinyurl.com/2awfvbpy

Leas Pavilion in Folkestone, isn’t just an eyesore. Receivers are selling the freehold while off-plan buyers’ names sit on the title. What that means for their rights — and Folkestone — is stark. tinyurl.com/4c3xx4am

Sewage in the Stour & Dour and Royal Military Canal isn’t just ‘for the EA’. Five Kent councils have powers. Are they using them — or enabling Southern Water? tinyurl.com/yc5c3hda

Kent’s sewage isn’t just “for the EA”. Five councils have real statutory-nuisance powers to investigate and serve abatement notices. So why are they standing back? tinyurl.com/5d8uxpav