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Castle filming


A BOLLYWOOD film has been made in Leeds Castle’s grounds. The movie, called “Give Me


Love”,was set at the castle over the summer. Chief executive Sir David Steel,


writing in the Leeds & Broomfield parish magazine, said: “For the en- tire period, the estate ‘rocked’ to mainly Indian music, and had the chance to see a glimpse of just howa Bollywoodmovie ismade.”


Quiz evening


AN EVENING of Wine and Wis- domtakesplace atLeeds village hall from 7.30pm on Saturday, Novem- ber 10. Teams of four to six are invited to


Anotherincursion at Larkfield park


TRAVELLERS have moved back onto a popular park in Larkfield for the second time in six months. The families - in five caravans -


take part, tickets are £8 per person and proceeds go to the memorial hall funds. A supper with wine will be pro-


Coffee date


vided but contestants must bring their own glasses. Call Adrian on 07737 959983.


pulled on to Gighill Green in Lunsford Lane on Sunday October ,, releasing dogs on the popular public open space and setting up washing lineswithin hours. It is un- derstood the fami- lies in- vol v e d have been of f e r ing tree felling services to residents in the area. Pa r i s h


A BEARSTED coffee morning is being heldat theHolyCrossChurch from10amuntil noon on September 28. It costs just 50p per person – de- tails fromFelicity on 07821 677462.


cou n ci l chairman David Thornewell says more has to be done to stop the travelling com- munity running circles around the police and local councils. Hesays the job ofmoving on trav-


ellers for a second time will run into thousands of pounds The last inci- dent, in early summer, costing the parish council £1,200, with the trav-


Improvements needed at BearstedGP practice


A GP surgery in Bearsted with more than 13,500 patients has been ordered to make improve- ments by the Care Quality Com- mission (CQC). Inspectors downgraded the prac-


tice fromits previous “good” grade in 2015, to “requires improve- ment”. The Yeoman Lane practice was


told it “did not always have a good track record on safety”,with the in- spection team finding safety breaches including its arrange- ments formanaging infection. A lack of fire drills and evacua-


ellers simply moving on to take up temporary residence elsewhere in the area. He said: “They just seem to be


tion checks also compromised pa- tient safety, and there was further criticismfor theway inwhich it re- ported, monitored and learned fromincidents. An infection control audit, for ex-


ample, had not been available to in- spectors and when it was produced,was dated on the day of its submission and lacked detail. The CQC noted: “Gel hand sani- tizer had been recorded as not


doing the rounds. These incidents have affectedWestMalling, forcing the closure of the village hall, and Leybourne, and now they are back in Larkfield. The police told resi- dents that this was a civil trespass when they reported it and that they couldn’t do anything and obviously the council offices were closed be- cause it was the weekend. These travellers know and play the sys- tem.” The council’s legal teamserved an


eviction notice but it took aweek to enforce. Cllr Thornewell held talks with Laddingford Engineering in an effort to increase security further on the public land, near theM20. Valdemar Kalinin (pictured), of


the National Gypsy-Traveller-Roma Council said recently that local councils must provide designated traveller sites or “tolerated zone” which gypsy convoys can move onto. He said: “It comes down to racial prejudice against this com- munity.”


available in all appropriate areas, but no information as to why or when this would be resolved. “We also found disposable pri-


vacy curtains in two consultation rooms dated as last changed in 2015,with no policy found to show the frequency with which these should be changed.” Inspector Professor Steve Field


‘Spooktacular’ at the farm


reported that while structures, processes and systems to support good governance andmanagement were clearly set out and under- stood, these failed to identify issues such as the reporting of significant events, patient safety alerts, infec- tion control, fire safety procedures, complaints and the monitoring of


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repeat prescription collection. He added that inspectors also


found the practice needed to check referrals had been received by pa- tients,where therewas a suspicion of cancer,within the two-week cri- teria. Questions about how a national


alert in April 2018 regarding an epilepsy drug had been acted on were also raised. However, the practice later pro-


MAKE the most of the October half-term holiday at Kent Life Heritage Farm Park’s Halloween Spooktacular in Maidstone. Brave kids are invited to the vintage village to knock on doors and


vided details showing patients had been traced and invited in for a re- view. Practice manager Gill McDer-


discover who – or what – is lurking behind them from October 21-31. The award-winning attraction at Sandling, near Maidstone, has a few


other tricks up its sleeve to turn its usual exhibits into frightening farmhouses and horrifying homes. Youngsters can try pumpkin carving, dressing up and the Ugly Bug Ball. On October 25, there will be more spooky goings-on with Kent Life


5-6pm and, for older visitors, from 7-8pm. If you would like to know more about any of the above, call 01622 763936.


mott said: “The CQC made some recommendations that related to is- sues such as the regularity of fire drills, and changing of couch cur- tains. “As doctors,we are of course nat-


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urallymore concerned about clinic safety. We are glad that the report does reflect the good practice tak- ing place here, and that this rating refers only to minor procedural is- sues that are all being rectified.”


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