"Ghost town' over festive season
Traders and shopkeepers in East Kent say new car parking charges are killing their town centre, at what could be and should be, the busiest time of the year.
The town with no shoppers at Christmas
Traders and shopkeepers in East Kent say new car parking charges are killing their town centre, at what should be the busiest time of the year. They say Shepway Council's decision will drive shoppers from Folkestone. John Ryall reports.
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