The last few days may have been dominated by the dramas and difficulties of the petrol crisis but in the long term I think one of the key challenges facing the...

First I should apologise for the late return of this column after the summer. It is for the very straightforward reason that I have had Covid. Other people’s...

Just when you thought we might be entering a quieter period for the summer Operation Brock on the M20 comes back into our lives. As I write this we are back to...

After nearly 18 months of the most difficult period for the local economy that any of us can remember, things seem to be turning around very fast. We have...

Planning and development have once again become a big national political issue, with the Government between a White Paper and new legislation, and the voters of...

This week life has been dominated by talk about trains. There are two separate issues which will affect us in Ashford: the reform of the railways across the...

Probably the biggest event of the past few days is, oddly, something that is no longer happening. The removal of the Operation Brock barriers on the M20, which...

Despite the weather this has felt like the start of spring, with the cautious reopening of shops and pubs inspiring analogies with flowers re-emerging after the...

Like many others I mourn the news that the John Lewis store will not be re-opening when the shops return in April. It is another visible sign of how tough life...