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Line-up for music festival
MAIDSTONE’S restaurants and pubs will serve up a giant helping of music for the fourth Maidstone Fringe Festival on May 1-5. Venues already lining up acts for
the five-day extravaganza across the May Day bank holiday weekend are The Style &Winch, Earls, The Druids Arms, The Flowerpot, The Source Bar, Stepping Stones Studio, The Rafters, The White Horse, The Art Lounge, Pizza Express, The Art Lounge, The RoyalAlbion, The Swan, Frederic, The Walnut Tree and Pops Café. New this yearwill be a music stage
in Jubilee Square. Fans of stand-up comedy can enjoy showcases at the Walnut Tree, Druids Arms and Step- ping Stone Studios. The Style & Winch in Union Street
will hold a music all-dayer on the Monday.
Holiday plan
AHOLIDAYlet may be established at Little Cheveney Farm, Sheep- hurst Lane, Marden. Aplanning application requests the
conversion of a farm office and store at The Lodge into a set-up that in- cludes bedroom, shower room, kitchen and day room. Maidstone Council will decide on the application.
downsmail.co.uk Hospital report mixed
OUT-of-hours services at Pem- buryHospital need improvement, says the Quality Care Commis- sion. The inspection found that while standards of care, treatment and management were being met, when it came to standards regard- ing staffing and caring for patients safely, more needed to be done. Inspectors studied A&E, surgical assessment unit, medical assess- ment unit, intensive care, theatres andwards.
The report noted patients were pleased with the treatment and care they received and how nursing staff were keen to protect patient’s dignity.
Inspectors said: “We heard that patients had been shown how to operate their beds and the call bells on admission to the ward. A rela- tive told us that staff had been “very good to Mum” and that when she was in severe pain, staff responded straight away with anal- gesia.”
However, while appropriate arrangementswere in place for en- suring medicines were available, inspectors said they were not stored or managed safely. Their report continued: “We
found that staff were supported and that the trust monitored the quality of care that patients’ re- ceived. “However, we found that there
were not enough qualified, skilled and experienced staff to meet peo- ple’s needs.”
Paul’s pudding goes down a bomb
YOUNG Shepway cook Paul Parker has wowed the judges in a national cooking contest. Paul, a year 8 pupil at New Line Learning (NLL) Academy,was the re- gional finalist in the Ready Berry Cook Competition, spearheaded by CBBC presenter Stefan Gates. Paul beat hundreds of other en-
tries to become one of eight re- gional finalists, winning a blender for the academy. Although he was pipped to first place by a cook from Pontefract, Paul’s unique recipe, Bombtastic Berries, left judges with a lasting impression of something very different – and ‘sparkling’.
Inspired by bonfire night, the dish,
made with raspberries and ice cream meringue and fat-free sponge, came with added sparklers. Subject leader of catering at New
Line Learning, Heather Thomas, said: “All of the students worked in- credibly hard to come up with the most imaginative recipes, but Paul's recipe really stood out.” The contest was the second suc-
cess in six months for Paul. Last year, he and pal Daniel Rayner, also from Shepway, were runners-up in the final of the Fourayes Bramley Apple Cooking Competition, held in the kitchens of East Kent College.
Excel Yachting IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE
ROYAL CINQUE PORTS YACHT CLUB DOVER EXPAND TO BRING YOU MORE CHOICE OF THEORY AND PRACTICAL SAILING TUITION
Maidstone Classroom 22 March
RYA First Aid Course (Course 1 Day) 5 April
RYA Yachtmaster C/S (Theory 3 x weekends) RYA CEVNI EXAM - Now available online
RYA VHF / SRC Licence - Now available online 4 November
RYA Yachtmaster C/S - Theory NIGHT SCHOOL 6 November
RYA Day Skipper - Theory NIGHT SCHOOL
Dover Classroom 3 March
RYA Day Skipper - Theory NIGHT SCHOOL 8 March
RYA Yachtmaster C/S - Theory NIGHT SCHOOL 26 April
Safety course, liferaft, vhf, epirb, sart, flares, CG 66, helicopter rescue and on board safety 1 Day
3 May
UNDERSTANDING KNOTS ROPES and LINES - 1 Day Course
4 May
PASSAGE PLANNING & UNDERSTANDING A CHANNEL CROSSING - 1 Day Course
As a result of the association Terence Lee the Principal of Excel Yachting will be taking over the post of Chief instructor of the New Practical Sailing School at the RPCYC in April
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