Latest POLICE.UK Crime Data for the Area - August 2018

Hartlip, Newington and Upchurch

Here is a brief summary of the crime information for the past 2 months:

	July 2018	August 2018
All crime	7	46
Anti-social behaviour	6	5
Bicycle theft	0	0
Burglary	0	3
Criminal damage and arson	0	4
Drugs	0	0
Other crime	0	1
Other theft	0	3
Possession of weapons	0	0
Public order	0	1
Robbery	0	0
Shoplifting	0	4
Theft from the person	0	0
Vehicle crime	0	3
Violence and sexual offences	1	22

Please visit: www.police.uk for more information including outcomes for these crimes and contact information for your local policing team.

Lower Halstow and Iwade

Here is a brief summary of the crime information for the past 2 months:

	July 2018	August 2018
All crime	16	33
Anti-social behaviour	15	8
Bicycle theft	0	1
Burglary	0	1
Criminal damage and arson	0	3
Drugs	0	0
Other crime	0	2
Other theft	0	0
Possession of weapons	0	1
Public order	0	0
Robbery	0	0
Shoplifting	0	1
Theft from the person	0	0
Vehicle crime	0	1
Violence and sexual offences	1	15

Please visit: www.police.uk for more information including outcomes for these crimes and contact information for your local policing team.

Upchurch Matters

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Temporary Road Closure - Holywell Lane, Upchurch

A closure of part of Holywell Lane, Upchurch is planned for Sunday 4th November 2018 from 8:00am through to approximately 4:00pm. 

 

Holywell Lane will be closed at its western end, to the extent indicated by signs and barriers on site.

 

The alternative route for through traffic is via Halstow Lane, The Street and Breach Lane.

 

The closure is to enable telegraph pole replacement works to be carried out by Openreach.

 

The works have been timed to be carried out on a Sunday, to reduce their impact.

 

There is a chance that the works may over run for such reasons as adverse weather conditions or unforeseen engineering difficulties.

The Kent County Council Highways Helpline is: 03000 418181

For details of roadworks, please see: www.roadworks.org

Kent County Council - Highways, Transportation & Waste

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Battle's Over - A Nation's Tribute - 11th November 2018

Upchurch - 100 years of remembrance

Upchurch is playing its part in Battle’s Over, an international commemoration marking 100 years since the guns fell silent at the end of World War I.

Organised by Pageantmaster Bruno Peek LVO OBE OPR, Battle’s Over takes place on November 11th 2018, with events throughout the United Kingdom, Channel Islands, the Isle of Man, and at scores of locations overseas, including New Zealand, Ireland, Australia, Bermuda, France, Belgium, Canada, the United States and Germany.

It begins at 6:00am with over 1,000 lone pipers playing Battle’s O’er, a traditional Scottish air played after a battle, outside cathedrals and other individual locations throughout the country and overseas, following which a specially written tribute will be read out.

At 6:55pm buglers will sound the Last Post at more than 1,000 locations, where at 7:00pm WW1 Beacons of Light will be lit in a tribute signifying the light of peace that emerged from the darkness of four years of war.

Then at 7:05pm over 1,000 churches and cathedrals will ring their bells as part of Ringing Out for Peace organised in association with the Central Council of Church Bell Ringers, which represents 65 societies of ringers from the British Isles and overseas. Also at 7:05pm, more than 140 town criers will perform a specially written Cry for Peace Around the World, the first of them in New Zealand and then across the globe through the various time zones.

Please join us

Upchurch's WWI Beacon of Light, Brazier has been installed at the Recreation Ground on a four metre high oak post with a steel basket on the top. There is an arm on one side of the post which has a shield on it, one side depicting the trenches and the other with soldiers at ease in respect of their fallen comrades.

A memorial bench has also been purchased and installed to complement the beacon. It has been suggested that Oak Lane be closed to traffic, from Bishop Lane to the surgery, to prevent drivers being distracted during the Beacon of Light event, this will also mean there will be hard standing for residents should the Recreation Ground be wet.

Itinerary 

6:55pm - Cllr Lewin will read out the names of the fallen.

                  The Last Post will be played by a bugler.

7:00pm - The Beacon of Light will be lit.

7:05pm - The Church Bells of St. Mary's will be Ringing Out for Peace.

                  Light refreshments will be served

Pageantmaster Bruno Peek

Battle’s Over - A Nation’s Tribute has been devised and planned by Pageantmaster Bruno Peek LVO OBE OPR. He has organised major royal celebrations and international events for more than 36 years and has been working on Battle’s Over for more than four years.

“It’s wonderful to see the event being embraced by so many organisations and communities in this country and around the world. The centenary of the end of the Great War is an opportunity to acknowledge the enormous sacrifice made by the millions of men and women who died or were wounded, as well as those who worked tirelessly at home in our fields and factories. It has been a privilege to work on this project with the support of so many amazing organisations,” said Mr Peek.

Battle’s Over - A Nation's Tribute also features special tributes to two groups of unsung heroes - the Chinese Labour Corps and the WW1 Tunnellers.

About 95,000 volunteers made up the Chinese Labour Corps, who dug trenches, repaired tanks, laid roads and tracks, transported supplies and assembled shells to free up British soldiers for the front line. Their work was a vital part of the war effort but is rarely acknowledged in the history of the 1914-18 conflict. The official guide to Battle’s Over dedicates a page to the work of the Chinese labourers, most of whom were illiterate peasants.

The work of the WW1 Tunnellers has been acknowledged in a Lamplight of Peace, commissioned by Mr Peek and lit at a special service at the Grave of the Unknown Warrior, Westminster Abbey, London, on August 4th 2018. It sheds light on a special breed of men who fought on the Western Front, digging tunnels and laying explosives beneath enemy trenches.

The British Army had about 25,000 trained tunnellers, mostly volunteer coal miners, but they operated in such secrecy that little was known of their exploits for years after the war.

The Lamplight of Peace includes a miners’ lamp from the period, a replica Victoria Cross, British and German barbed wire, coal from a Yorkshire coalfield, trench post fragments and a soil sample from the trenches, and ballast from the railway line where the WWI Armistice was signed.

The lamp is currently being kept alight by the event’s four official charities - the Royal Naval Association, ABF The Soldiers Charity, the Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund and the Merchant Navy Association, before being returned to the Grave of the Unknown Warrior, Westminster Abbey, for 6:00am on 11th November 2018, where a lone piper from the Air Training Corps will play Battle's O'er.

Those millions of brave men, along with the many left at home, did their duty for their country during the dark days of war, so let us do our duty by them, remembering and honouring them through Battle’s Over.

VE DAY 2020

You might like to know that the next national and international commemoration/celebration will be the 75th anniversary of VE Day on the 8th of May 2020.

More information on Battle’s Over can be found at: www.brunopeek.co.uk/battles-over

Upchurch Parish Council

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Book Now for Traditional Kentish Afternoon Teas and Track Dogs Playing Live Aboard Edith May

Merry Kentmas

Popular Madrid based band, Track Dogs will be returning to play aboard Edith May again on the 8th of December 2018 as part of their December 'A Little Christmas Tour' across Kent.

Join them for an evening of festive music fun with this fabulously talented band of musicians:

Robbie K. Jones - Cajun and Banjo

Garret Wall - Guitar and Lead Vocals
Dave Mooney - Bass Guitar and Mandolin
Howard Brown - Trumpet, Cajun and Percussion

Check out their website at: www.trackdogsmusic.com

A cracking start to Christmas

Licensed Bar
Reservations only @£15.00 per person, apply to:-
Email: info@edithmaybargecharter.co.uk
Telephone: 07875 503 926

Traditional Kentish Afternoon Teas

The Edith May Tea Room will not be open this coming Winter season. However, they are taking bookings for Traditional Kentish Afternoon Teas (available all day) on the following day/dates:-

Saturday 3rd November
Sunday 25th November
Sunday 2nd December
Further dates in the new year to be announced.

The barge is available to book for special occasions and events. For all enquiries:-
Email: info@edithmaybargecharter.co.uk
Telephone: 07875 503 926

They look forward to welcoming you aboard

Edith May website: www.edithmaybargecharter.co.uk

Upchurch Matters
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Dog Fouling In The Paddock - Please Clean It Up!

The problem of dog fouling in the Paddock was once again raised at the Parish Council meeting held on the 4th of October 2018, after a resident sent photos of the children's play equipment covered in dog mess.

The Paddock and Recreation Ground are both leased by Upchurch Parish Council and are therefore the responsibility of the Parish Council, not Swale Borough Council. 

Allowing your dog to mess near a children's play area and not clean it up is an offence and completely unacceptable to all residents and the Parish Council

You can be given an on-the-spot fine (FPN) of £80 if you do not clean up after your dog. 

If you refuse to pay the fine, you can be taken to court and fined up to £1,000.

Registered blind dog owners can’t be fined.

Dog mess is a health hazard!

Apart from being an unpleasant nuisance if you step in it, fall in it, cycle through it, or wheel your wheelchair through it, dog waste can also be a health hazard.

Both dog and cat faeces can contain the eggs of the roundworm 'Toxocara'. These eggs can survive in the soil for several years. If they are ingested or inhaled by humans, they may cause eye, liver, brain and respiratory problems such as asthma, hepatitis and epilepsy.

Children playing in fouled areas are most at risk.

Dog waste is also a potential health risk to farmers' livestock if you allow your dog to foul in their fields.

Do you really want any of these consequences on your conscience?

Please bag your dog waste and put it in any public litter bin or take it home to your household green bin.

If you see anyone not cleaning up after their dog, please report it to either PCSO John Cork on: 07772 226217 or the Parish Clerk on: 01634 363906.

Thank you for your support

On behalf of Cllr Tyrone Ripley - Chairman Upchurch Parish Council

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Stolen Moped Found in Newington

Hartlip, Newington & Upchurch Ward

Crime Number: XY/061646/18

Between Monday the 24th and Tuesday the 25th of September, a black Direct Bikes Classic Moped, Reg No: LX62 ASU was stolen from Harmony Close, Sittingbourne.

It was later located in an orchard in Newington, after an alert was put on social media.

If you have any information that could help investigators please contact Kent Police on telephone number 101 and quote the relevant crime number above.

For more information on crime prevention visit: www.kent.police.uk

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