Our land of shameful litter louts MailMarks
gusting habit of so many British people dropping, throwing and dumping litter with no sense of social responsibility whatsoever? After 12 days on the Rhine, ad- miring how spotlessly the Ger- mans and Dutch keep their lovely riverside towns I returned to find at the top of my 10-metre- wide drive off Lower Road, East Farleigh, a mass of varied litter. It included: Ribena packet Costa Express cup Tesco melon wrap Two Kinder chocolate wraps
WILL we ever break the dis-
A parking receipt Silver paper wrap Plastic wrap Cigarette packet Energy drink tin Chicken sweetcorn wrap Coca-Cola can
THIEVES forced windows at The Maplesden Noakes School, Great Buckland, and stole 11 computers. An attempt wasmade to steal
a black Vectra from the drive- way of a home in Roseholme, Fant. The two men ran off when disturbed. Burglars forced theirway into
a warehouse in Liphook Way, Allington, and damage was caused to some doors. Nothing is known to have been stolen. Copper piping and boilers
were stolen from nine proper- ties on Springwood Close in Barming Heath. The door of a wooden garage
in Coombe Road was forced, and a Husaberg motorcycle, registration number EX52 SSO and an off-road motorcycle were stolen. A blue VW Passat on the driveway was slightly damaged during the theft. Two plant pots containing flowers were stolen from the front garden of a home in By- church Place, Waterloo Street. The offenders droped the pots when challenged and ran off. Both suspects are Asian men aged in their mid twenties. One was said to be five feet tallwith black hair. He was wearing a light blue zip-up jacket and grey tracksuit bottoms. The sec- ond man was wearing a white T-shirt and tracksuit bottoms. Burglars got in to a house in Meadow Walk through a sky- light and stole items including two Dell laptops. A black and green pneumatic
drill was stolen from the leisure centre in Barker
Road.The suspects are three white men. A green Carrera road bicycle
was stolen from Kingfisher Meadow. A security camera was stolen
from the cricket pavilion at Walnut Tree Lane in Loose. Thieves cut a security chain to steal a grey Carrera
DENNIS FOWLE - President Kent Campaigning Journalist of the Year 2001 email:
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Harvest Chewee wrap One tissue I assume these were all thrown from ve-
hicles by totally selfish people who could not care less about the impact on the envi- ronment and the appearance of our towns and villages. All they had to do was retain this rubbish in the vehicle for appropriate disposal. The cost of clearing up after these rub-
bish hooligans is immense and has to be met by us all as council taxpayers. I am delighted Maidstone Council is leading the way in Kent by employing a team to catch and fine these anti-social miscreants. If you drop even cigarette ends
and chewing gum in Maidstone it is at your financial peril. Are our schools doing enough to educate children on litter? That has to be the right starting point – because children have a way of making parents feel very guilty. I used to be part of a team in East Farleigh who regularly walked areas of the village to pick up litter.
Some received a Queen Mother’s Birthday Award to prove it. Advancing years and increasing danger along unpathed Lower Road forced retirement. But I still feel just as strongly – and I am far from alone.
Dog bag fines DOG mess falls into just about the same
category. I like the policy adopted now in Germany. Dog owners must take an appro- priate bag on walks. They are stopped and a failure means an automatic 60 euro fine. It seems to concentrate wonderfully the minds of very many in Germany who love their pets.
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Vengeance man’s cycle from a communal bike store at Hugh- enden Reach, Tovil. The window of a white Vaux-
hall Combo vanwas smashed in Sandling Road. Ashedinthe groundsof Maidstone Hospital, Hermitage Lane, was broken in to and a medical gas cylinder was stolen.
Thieves used a fire escape to
get in to Westborough House, Tonbridge Road,and stole computer equip- ment. An 8ft long fishing
net was stolen from a property on Beacons- field Road in Tovil. The suspect is a tall white male, who wore a white T-shirt. A silver Apollo bicycle was
stolen from a home in Sandling Lane, PenendenHeath, but later recovered. The suspects are two white men, one of whom was 6ft tall and had ginger hair. The other was in his late teens, had curly black hair and was carry- ing a black rucksack. Thieves got in to a home in Bower Mount Road through a window and stole a television and remote control handset. A black Audi S3, registration number N16 KUU, was stolen from Grace Avenue. The rear number plate of a
black Toyota Prius was stolen and the front one damaged in Upper Fant Road, Fant. A lock was forced on a shed
in the rear garden of a home in Old Tovil Road and a Flymo mower and an electric strimmer were stolen.
Asilver Citroen C4 was stolen
from Muir Road and later re- covered damaged. A Blackberry mobile phone
was stolen when the owner put it on the ground by the goal posts in Armstrong Road while he played football. The sus- pects are two white teenagers, who were watching. They are both described as about 17 years old, 6ft tall. One had short black spiked hair and was wearing black jogging bottoms and trainers, and the other had short blonde hair and was wearing grey jog- ging bottoms and white trainers. Burglars got in to a property on Heathfield Avenue, Penenden Heath,
through a window and stole an Iphone and a red and yellow purse. An orange and red disc cutter
was stolen in Armstrong Road. Thieves smashed glass in the
rear door of a property on Pheasant Lane and took a com- puter and an Ipad in a brown suede case. Burglars broke in to a prop-
erty in Broadoak Avenue and took jewellery. A white Suzuki Carry panel
van was stolen in Calder Road, Ringlestone. A lock was forced on a garage
at a home in Busbridge Road, Loose, and power tools, fishing equipment and photographic equipment were stolen. Cash was stolen from some-
one using the ATM outside Tesco in Farleigh Hill, Tovil. Thieves broke in to a white
Transit van parked in Bosman Close, Barming, and stole a thermal imaging camera and other electrical equipment. Agreen and purple motorised
mini scooter was stolen from the car park at Sainsbury’s in Romney Place. A white Boardman cycle was
stolen from outside the Druids Arms in Earl Street. A man approached someone
who was sitting on the wall op- posite the Travelodge in Fairmeadow, and stole an Iphone from his pocket after disconnecting the earpiece. The suspect is a white man in his early 20s, 5ft 11ins tall, and slim with short blonde hair. He was wearing a grey T-shirt and blue jeans. Lead was stolen from the roof
of the church in Boxley Road. Thieves forced the door on a
car parked in Melville Road and stole a Nikon camera. A red and black mountain
bike was stolen from Sandling Park in Penenden Heath. A white Carerra Valour bicy-
cle was stolen from Earl Street. Cash was stolen from a car parked in Gabriels Hill. A metal detector was stolen
from a Peugeot 206 parked in Bower Place, Fant. A red and silver tool box, a Flymo lawn mower, and an ex- tension lead were stolen from a shed onWorcester Road, Shep- way.
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