December 2 Yuletide Market High Street, Yalding The village High Street closes to all but pedestrians for the annual fete of stalls, music and dance, with festive fare and locally-produced crafts and gifts. Santa switches on the lights at the start of the market, enjoy mulled wine, a hog roast, crepes - and carols in the church. From 4.45pm to 8pm.
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December 3 Artisan Crafts, Vintage and Gift Fair Meopham village hall, Wrotham Road More than 25 fabulous stalls in the heart of Meopham. Open from 11am to 3pm. FREE EVENT.
Students celebrate a rise in the top A level grades
CCTV call to stop fly-tipping
IN A year when the new linear A level formathas introducedgreater breadth and depth to examination content, SuttonValence School an- nounced an increase in A* to C grades of 4.5%. This year, 84%of grades achieved
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.
Burberry Lane, near Kingswood,
were A*to C, with a quarter of stu- dents at the private school receiving two ormoreA* orAgrades. Exceptional performances came
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:
fromMartaChronowska – threeA*s and two As; Francesca Ash – two A*s, two As; Ellie Agu Benson – an A* and fourAs; Faber Swaine – one A* and two As; Archie Averill – threeAs; andMarcoHu - threeAs. Marta will read chemistry at Ed-
December 8 – 10 Christmas Tree Festival St Michael the Archangel’s Church, Smarden The festival begins at 11am each day. Local societies and
inburgh; Francescawill go to StAn- drew’s to read English; Ellie has a place at Bristol to read PPE; Faber has aplace atYork to readsocialpol- icy;Archiewill be going toBristol to read mechanical engineering, and Marco will be returning to Italy to attend BocconiUniversity. Students out-performedtheirpre-
dicted grades by half a grade. Many students also completed an
“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
saw a caravan burned out while a car remains on a footpath nearby,
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-
families will have decorated over 30 trees inside the church. Come along and admire their efforts and vote for your favourite tree. Place a star on the Memory Tree, your £1 donation will go to Porchlight. Listen to live music throughout each day and buy Christmas gifts and decorations from the craft stalls. On Saturday evening, immediately after the festival closes, there will be a concert, and on Sunday evening, there will be the village carol service. Entry is free, but generous donations will be appreciated to go towards the running of the church.
Illegal fly-tipping is costing local authorities hun- dreds of thou- sands of pounds, says Cllr Gill Fort
December 10 Farm Nativity Kent Life, Sandling, Maidstone Experience a living Nativity with farmyard friends. Take a journey through the grounds to discover Nativity scenes and join in the traditional Christmas carolling. All children are encouraged to
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extended project qualification (EPQ), with 67% achieving A* or A grades. Head Bruce Grindlay said: “As A
level examinations become increas- ingly challenging, we are delighted that the percentage of top grades achieved by our students has, once again, increased. “We welcome a broad ability co-
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gramme. The “significant deal” was announced as Prime Minister Theresa May was in Ottawa for talks with Canadian PM Justin Trudeau on how the UK and Canada can further strengthen their ties to build the closest, freest
But it is also a problem in many rural areas, including Langley,
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schools were celebrating another year of success,with73%of students at Invicta Grammar School achiev- ingA*,Aor B grades. Non-selective Cornwallis Acad-
emy announced a 33% increase in A*-B grades. Maidstone Grammar School
trading relationship as the UK leaves the EU. Mrs May said: “It’s great to see
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In otherparts of the borough, state
December 2 & 3 Dickensian Christmas Rochester Castle grounds and High Street, Rochester Packed with shopping stalls, Rochester becomes a feast of Victorian delights. There are lamp-lit parades, carols to be sung, Father Christmas to be met and even a guaranteed snowfall, framed by Rochester’s fairytale cathedral and castle. You’ll also see some familiar, fabled characters from Dickens’ much-loved stories. Highlights include the Seven Poor Travellers Procession, the Grand Parade, a candlelit procession, the open-air carol concert, and street performers. FREE EVENT
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activities and a showground packed with traders. Gates open at 9.30am, with dis- plays running throughout the day.
Burglary case
A 27-YEAR-OLD man has ap- peared in court by video link, charged with a burglary in Yalding. Robert Plowman was arrested in
Vicarage Road at 12.40am on Sun- day, August 19, in relation to a re- ported burglary on Yalding Hill. Medway magistrates remanded
Plowman, of no fixed address, to Maidstone Crown Court for a date to be confirmed.
Vounteer hunt
Heath Estate will be supplying to Canadian consumers is hugely wel- come and they will be flying the flag for the high-quality of wine being produced in Britain.” Hush Heath owner Richard Bal-
A VOLUNTEER is being sought for the advertising section of Head- corn’s parish magazine after the departure of Dave Andrew. Call 01622 890686.
four-Lynn said: “Hush Heath is a family-owned winery…and we are very excited to see our wines avail- able in the Canadian market."
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-
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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