Road Closure - Station Road, Rainham

Road Closure - Station Road, Rainham

A road closure will be in place between Lower Rainham Road and Ellison Way from Monday 17th February until Friday 21st February 2020 to enable new connection works by Southern Water, electrical connection works by UKPN and gas connection works to be carried out by UKPS.

Please pay particular attention to the temporary signage in place.

There may also be parking suspensions throughout the duration of the operation.

The diversion route for through traffic is via Lower Rainham Road, Otterham Quay Lane, A2 - High Street and Station Road.

The Medway Council phone number is: 01634 333333

For details of roadworks, see: https://one.network

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Temporary Road Closure - Bricklands, Newington

Kent County Council has made an order to temporarily prohibit through traffic on Bricklands, Newington from Monday 10th February 2020 for up to 3 days.

The road will be closed in the vicinity of Breach Farm, to the extent indicated by signs and barriers on site.

The alternative route for any through traffic is via Breach Lane, A2 London Road, High Street, Church Lane, School Lane and vice versa.

Access for emergency service vehicles and pedestrians will be maintained at all times during the closure.

The closure is required for the safety of the public and workforce while water main connection works are undertaken by Southern Water.

For information regarding this closure please contact Southern Water on: 0330 303 0368, who will be able to assist with the scope of the works.

The KCC Highways 24hr Contact Centre helpline is: 03000 418181

For details of roadworks, see: https://one.network

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Newington History Group

Fred Clouter, who found a 50 million-year-old fossilised tree on a Sheppey beach recently, will talk about his fossil finds and how to search for the best specimens at Newington History Group's monthly meeting on Thursday, February 13th.

The retired teacher from Sheerness will explain why the island is probably the country's most popular site for collecting London Clay fossils. The group meets in the Newington Methodist Hall in Church Lane at 7:30pm.

The group investigates, records and promotes the history of the village and neighbouring areas.

Annual subscription is £15 and meetings are open to the public (£3) unless stated.

For more details contact: newingtonhistorygroup@outlook.com
Call: 01795 842711.
Visit the website: www.newingtonhistorygroup.btck.co.uk
Follow on Facebook: Newington History Group

Richard Thompstone - Newington History Group

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Swale Borough Council - More Funding to Help Get Rough Sleepers Off The Streets

Swale Borough Council is investing more than £218,000 to continue to help rough sleepers get off the streets for good.

The investment comes following the success of the new proactive approach that saw 59 people helped off the streets and into housing last year.

Cllr Ben Martin, cabinet member for housing at the council, said:

“I welcome the additional funding secured thanks to the hard work of the housing team.

We invested £150,000 last year to create a new support team that helped rough sleepers get into housing.

The team includes a full-time complex needs worker from Porchlight, as well as a full-time out-reach and in-reach worker, and a part-time out-reach and in-reach worker that is soon to be a full-time post, also from Porchlight. The team also includes a full-time team coordinator based here at Swale.

They help support people living on the streets by assessing their housing, social and healthcare needs, and working with partner agencies to help them move towards a more positive future.

We also worked with Riverside Housing Association to lease 24-four units of accommodation at The Quays.

It’s important to us that we work with local groups to help support rough sleepers and encourage them to engage with support services that can help them.

We hope to build on the amazing work carried out in the past year and get every rough sleeper in Swale off the streets and into permanent housing.”

Funding to support the work has been received from the government’s Rough Sleeping Initiative

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UpARA - February 2020 Newsletter & Latest Programme of Events

John Wishart - Chairman

Tel: 07971 511956

Email: john@togthedog.co.uk

Website: www.upara.club

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The Reopening of Upchurch's Co-op

The Reopening of Upchurch's Co-op

Manager David and his Co-op team joined residents this morning and children from Nursery Days who cut the ribbon to reopen the newly refurbished store in The Street, Upchurch.

Thanks to Nikolle for her photos.

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