Phone boxes might seem like a thing of the past, but plans have been revealed to install seven futuristic touch-screen versions in a town centre. Bosses at New World Payphones, which is behind the proposals for Folkestone, say they “continue to provide a necessary public service”. But one local councillor has already questioned whether anyone is going to use them – while a resident opposed to the bid says they are “ugly, obstructive and unnecessary”. BT announced in May 2017 that it would be removing 20,000 of its 40,000 stock of public telephones across the UK because about a third were used …