A Kirkholt Kickpitch at the bottom end of Denholme/Digby Road, will be receiving around £25,000 for improvements, which include replacing damaged basketball nets, providing pitch markings for football and replacing all damaged fences.
Eton is likely to miss out on its share of revenue from the Olympic games as visitors to the Olympic rowing venue are kept well away by the travel plans being put in place by the Conservative Council and The Olympic Delivery Agency.
A new web site "Link Up Shepway" has been launched at http://shepway.ning.com/ and anyone across Shepway - Folkestone, Hythe, Romney Marsh and Elham Valley - are invited to join.
The Liberal Democrats are demanding that Bedford Borough Council opens up to local residents by allowing Members of the Public to question Councillors at public meetings without providing written notice of the question in the previous week.
The video which shows the man who died at last week's G20 protests in London being hit from behind by a police officer, has been described by Liberal Democrat MP David Howarth as "sickening".
Surrey Police have cut costs and red tape, to put more PCs back on the streets. However their government grant is less than half the national average, so despite cutting 144 administrative jobs, they needed to raise their share of council tax by 4.9%. The Labour government has threatened to "cap" them, which would entail the loss of another 80 staff, including front line PCs.