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News Firework date


STOCKBURY Halloween Fire- works will take place in the Cherry Orchard, at the junction of Church Lane and The Street, on Saturday, October 31. Tickets are £4 in advance and can


be reserved online at www.stock- bury.org.uk or can be bought on the night for £5. Children under 12 go free. Tickets include a hog roast roll while stocks last. Gates open at 5pm, the fire will


be lit at 6.15pm and the first fire- work will be launched at about 7pm. Noalcohol or sparklers should be bought into the orchard for safety reasons. There is limited free on- site parking


Cannabis case


A MAN and a woman from Maid- stone have been arrested in connec- tion with growing cannabis. Officers armed with a drugswar-


rant went to an address in Rose Lane, Lenham following reports of suspicious activity. Drugs para- phernalia and a number of cannabis plantswere found. While police were at the scene, a


34-year-old man and a 48-year-old woman, both from the Maidstone area, arrived by car and were ar- rested. Both have been bailed until Thursday, December 10, pending further enquiries.


Pupils from New Line Learning Academy inMaidstone win the Pattullo Trophy at this year’s Kent Show


County show brought forward to help farmers


CLIMATE change has had an un- expected knock-on effect on one of Kent’s longest running events. The Kent Show, historically held


on the secondweekend of July, will take place oneweek earlier in 2016, to help accommodate the farmers’ harvest. The organiser of the show, Kent County Agricultural Society, has several reasons for choosing the new dates of Friday, Saturday and Sunday, July 8-10. However, the driving factor has been the effect of climate change in the South East on the timing of the arable harvest. Kent is one of thewarmest coun-


ties in the country and generally the first in England to start the harvest.


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bers who are farmers pointed out that the show nowadays was in danger of clashing with the first week of combining, as the harvest has gradually moved forward with the changingweather. Kevin Attwood, Kent County Agricultural Society chairman and an arable farmer said: “Ensuring that our farmers can attend the show without compromising the important first few days of harvest was a big consideration.” Historically, agricultural shows


have followed a calendar going back several decades, ensuring that both exhibitors and competitors are able to attend sequential shows


without a clash of dates. The clo- sure of the Royal Show in 2009, which took place on the firstweek- end in July, opened up a space in the calendar,which the Kent Show has now taken the opportunity to use.


Organisers hope the revised date


will also prove better for schools. Show manager Lucy Hegarty


said: “We are trying to encourage more schools to visit and engage with the show. It became apparent that the final week of term was not a good time for schools to organise a trip. We hope that by moving the show to earlier in July, Kent schools will be in a better position to bring their students.”


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