News Planting days
MAIDSTONE Borough Council is organising community bulb plant- ing days to ensure the county town is a riot of colour next spring.
Effortswill be focused in Cobtree
Manor Park and Mote Park, where volunteers are needed to plant daf- fodils, crocuses and snowdrops. On October 30 and 31, at Cobtree
Manor Park,members of the public are invited to come along between 11am and 2pm to lend a hand. Cllr Paul Harper, chair of the Heritage, Culture and Leisure committee, said: “We have beautiful parks and open spaces and this is a great op- portunity for people to help make them even better. Community gar- dening is well known for bringing people together and also improving our environment.”
Lizzy’sOBE
WINTER Olympian Lizzy Yarnold picked up an OBE from Bucking- hamPalace onOctober 17. The two-time gold medallist and
world champion, fromWest Kings- down, received the honour in the Queen's BirthdayHonours List. Lizzy (29), a former head girl at
Maidstone Grammar School for Girls, recently announcedher retire- ment fromthe skeleton.
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Castle’s invitation to 900th birthday party
LEEDSCastlehas launcheda series of events next year to mark the 900th anniversary of it being built. The year of celebration will in-
clude the opening of a newgarden, named after patron HRH Princess Alexandra, in June. July will see the 900 Carnival of
History, a two-day arts event cele- brating the castle’s place in history. A piece of music has been com-
posed for the anniversary and will beperformedat the classical concert. A podcast will be read by Cold
Feet actorRobertBathurst,while the theme of the popular flower festival will be “AFloral Party”. At a launchat the castle onFriday,
October 19, chief executive SirDavid Steel said the charitable foundation contributes £25m to the local econ- omy and employs hundreds of peo- ple, andmore than 60 volunteers. The 900 Carnival of History on
July 27 and 28 is described by or- ganisers as a “dazzling riot of colour” using large scale costumes in a collaboration with festival art
specialists, ShademakersUK. Students from the University of
the Creative Arts in Rochester and local artists will be drafted in to make the costumes. Castle bosses are bracing them-
selves for what could prove to be a “difficult year” in 2019, because of continued uncertainty over Brexit. There are fears that thedisruption
experienced over theM20 works in preparation for Operation Stackwill hit visitor numbers next year. Recently, SirDavidacknowledged
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