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Fun dog show A FUN dog show is being held in Boughton Monchelsea in June, with 18 different categories to be judged on the day. These include Best Trick, Dog


Most Like its Handler, Best Biscuit Catcher and a hurdles race. It will be held at Boughton


Monchelsea RecreationGround on Saturday June 30,with proceeds to Medical Detection Dogs. For more information call Jill


Skinner on 01622 744098 or 07840 290486.


May Day fair HEADCORN’SMay Fairwill again take place on the May Day bank holiday. Organised by Headcorn School


PTFA, the event will be on Days Green between 12pmand 4pm. The PTFA are producing a free


programme for the day and any- one who would like to advertise is asked to call Maz on 07970 535790 or email advertising@headcorn- schoolptfa.org.uk. If you would be interested in


having a stall, with pitches avail- able from £20, contact Lizell Williams on 01622 892428 or email s t a l l h o l d e r s @ h e a d c o r n - schoolptfa.org.uk.


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Accidents reinforceneed for action on relief road


TWO serious accidents on the A274 SuttonRoad in asmany days have led to fresh calls for an up- date onprogress for the Leeds-Lan- gley relief road. A schoolboy was hit on Tuesday,


March 13, and two days later, aman was airlifted to hospital after a colli- sion between a car and a lorry. Campaigners said they did not


wish tomake capital out of the inci- dents but did claim it illustrates a need for a bypass to relieve growing volumes of traffic. Major house- building schemes in the area are likely tomakemattersworse. The boy – aged 12 or 13 andwear-


ing school uniform– suffered a sus- pected broken leg after being hit by a car at the junction of Sutton Road andWillington Street. Kent county councillor Paul


Cooper said: “This is a busy road and there is always going to be a risk of incidents like this.Alot of the traffic that goes down the road doesn’t need to be there, and if there was a relief road, it wouldn’t be.


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Leeds-Langley relief road and WILLact cam- paigner Jenny Sutton


Whenwe talk about the relief road, we always seemto be talking about the congestion rather than the safety aspect, and these sorts of incidents will be less likely to happen.” Jenny Sutton, a campaigner for


WILLact and a resident ofWilling- ton Street, admits that there are con- cerns about


the danger to


pedestrians. “When my daughter and two


grandchildren try to cross the road to get tomy house, one of us has to try and stop the traffic,” she said.


“We really do fear a serious inci-


dent, and this one –with the young child – goes to show the risks. The relief road can’t come soon enough.”  A newnon-political pro-relief


group headed by former Langley parish councillor Wendy Young has been formed to represent all thosewho live along the B2163, in the same way thatWILLact repre- sentsWillington Street. It is called Leeds-Langley Relief RoadAction Group.


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CALLS for the installation of CCTV cameras to prevent fly-tip- ping on a country road have been made by the local borough coun- cillor.


Dawn Harrison Head of Family team


Burberry Lane, near Kingswood,


has been targeted by waste dumpers for years, but in recent months, the problem has become more acute withwaste often strewn across the middle of the road. Cllr Gill Fort, pictured right, said:


“Every month we are having toi- lets, sinks and construction waste dumped in the village, specifically in Burberry Lane. We are now thinking of installing cameras on private land to oversee the problem area.” A recent event in Burberry Lane


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STAPLEHURST vineyard Hush Heath will send its sparkling wine to Canada after landing a deal with one of the world’s largest alcohol buyers. Hush Heath’s Balfour 1503 Clas-


sic Cuvée is the first English sparkling wine selected for the Liquor Contril Board (LCBO) of On- tario’s Vintages Classics Pro-


The title of this article may conjure an image of cold, troubled waters with potential dangers above and below the surface. If this is a prospect facing you then look to get sensible support from the outset to help you manage the turmoil.


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• It may not be too late to repair the damage. Lots of organisations offer support and guidance on practical issues people face when threatened with separation. Relate Counselling can help identify if a relationship can be repaired or guide them to come to terms with the loss of their union. If reconciliation is not possible, a specialist family lawyer is the next point of call.


Illegal fly-tipping is costing local authorities hun- dreds of thou- sands of pounds, says Cllr Gill Fort


processes. If emotions are running high, taking a step back can regain the ability to think more clearly. Taking time to reflect and acting rationally can avoid lots of anguish. Many people regret actions/words spoken in the heat of the moment but the damage done remains.


• Think carefully about the consequences of acting irresponsibly, especially when it relates to your children or to money. Children are very vulnerable when parents separate, they need to know both parents love them and will continue to be there. Financial pressures can lead to relationship problems. Running two households will only compound any financial pressures.


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• When one person leaves the family home, they rarely take all their belongings with them at once. Sensible arrangements need to be agreed to allow them to return for their remaining items. Joint items within the home should be preserved until an agreement can be reached on a fair distribution.


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Headcorn and Chart Sutton. Last year, Maidstone Borough Council cleared 911 cases of fly-tipping and more than 163 have been recorded since April this year. The ap- proaching darker evenings will prompt a rise in illegal tipping.


• Analyse your financial resources to work out how they can meet everyone’s needs. Drawing up a priority list of what you and your estranged partner/spouse need is important. Enquiring what help is available in the form of benefits will also assist in continuing to meet the family’s budget.


Across Kent, local authorities are spending hundreds of thousands of pounds clearing up rubbish. According to one report £323,000


was spent dealing with almost 14,000 incidents in 2016-17. This is a sharp increase on the previous 12 months when just over 10,000 in- stances cost £244,000. Cllr Fort welcomed a joint initia-


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tive by the Environment Agency and the Driver and Vehicle Stan- dards Agency to clamp down on unlicensed waste carriers. But she believes the high cost to small firms of disposing of construction waste at a transfer station is costing coun- cils dearly. Cllr Fort made her re- marks as one of the borough’s closest transfer stations at North Farm, TunbridgeWells, announced it will be closed for 10weeks.


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