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      <description>Folkestone &amp; Hythe District Council is to contribute £236,000 towards the work required to reopen the Road of Remembrance.</description>
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      <description>Charities and organisations have pledged to further improve support for military veterans and active personnel at an event organised by Folkestone &amp; Hythe District Council.</description>
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      <description>A beach management programme which successfully defended homes from Storm Goretti in January will resume next week.</description>
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      <description>An important step towards bringing an iconic Folkestone building back into public use is to be made next week.</description>
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      <description>A £22m project to regenerate Folkestone town centre is now more than halfway complete.</description>
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      <description>Folkestone &amp; Hythe District Council’s 2026/27 budget – the third in succession not to be funded from general reserves – has been approved.</description>
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      <title>First preview of new Coastal Park play area</title>
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      <description>Folkestone’s Lower Leas Coastal Park play area has delighted two generations of children over the past quarter of a century.</description>
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      <description>Investment enabling thousands of tonnes of freight heading across the Channel to be carried by rail again has been welcomed by Folkestone &amp; Hythe District Council.</description>
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      <title>Join workshops to support Folkestone's town of culture bid</title>
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      <description>Bringing together the local community to help tell the rich and unique cultural story of Folkestone is the focus of open events being held in the town.</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2026 11:50:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <description>An improved council tax reduction scheme which will further help working age, low-income households will come into effect in April.</description>
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      <description>Government ministers have launched a consultation on the future number of councils in Kent and Medway and the areas they should cover.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2026 10:55:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <description>The first major step towards an exciting new era for the Lower Leas Coastal Park play area in Folkestone will be taken next week.</description>
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