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Dog owners urged not to leavewaste behind


DOG walkers are being urged to act in a bid to curb the volume of bagged poo being discarded across Loose, writes


Jade


Schopman. Residents say the surge in own-


ers leaving petmess on the ground or hanging from trees and hedges has ruined “what used to be a lovely village”. They are blaming Maidstone


Borough Council for the removal of dog poo bins. RaymondMetcalf (78), ofPostley


Road, said: “There is not one bin in Postley Road. It may not be as much of a problem in parks and fields anymore, because we have themulti-use bins, but you still see it all over the streets and hanging fromtrees. “I don’t understandwhy people


are so reluctant to just carrying the bags around for a bit instead of causing the muck we now see every day on the pavements. It’s disgusting.”


The UK’s proof fence! OneLooseRoadresident said: “I


have lived in Loose for about 10 years and I am well aware most people do pick up after their dogs, but sadly the ones who don't are far toomany. “I think part of the problem is


people do not feel comfortable using the multi-use bins because they hardly ever get changed and a lot of themare near play areas.” Another local said: “I counted


seven lots of discarded dog waste along the footpath between Salts Avenue and Hubbard’s Lane. My kidswere trying to cycle there.” Borough councillor Sue Grigg


said: “The council took out some dog waste bins which I was very against. This has shownwhy. “I have managed to reinstate


some of the bins that were taken away, but there is an individual re- sponsibility here, I can’t do much if residents are not taking respon- sibility for their dogs and simply not using the bins provided.”


News Pancake date


ST MICHAEL’S Church, Chart Sutton, broke with tradition this year by staging a “Pancake Sun- day”. The Parochial Church Council


invited villagers to attend a short service at the village hall in prepa- ration for Lent, onMarch 3, before serving up pancakes with fillings ranging from lemon and sugar to hamand chilli sauce.


Piano recital


PIANIST Sarah Beth Briggs show- cased her skills at Sutton Valence Music Society on February 17. The recitalist, concerto soloist


and chamber musician was 11 when she became the youngest fi- nalist in theBBC’sYoungMusician of the Year. She treated her Sutton Valence audience to pieces by J S Bach, Mozart, Beethoven and Brahms.


Quiz proceeds


RaymondMetcalf is disgusted by the dogmess left in parks and fields


THE Royal British Legion’s Sutton Valence andDistrict Branch raised £235 fromthe “pub quiz” it staged in the village hall inDecember. The money will go towards the charity’s PoppyAppeal.


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