Temporary Road Closure - Vicarage Lane, Lower Halstow

Kent County Council has made an order to temporarily prohibit through traffic on Vicarage Lane, Lower Halstow from Monday 16th August 2021 for up to 3 days between the hours of 08:00 and 18:00.

The road will be closed at the junction with School Lane, to the extent indicated by signs and barriers on site.

The alternative route for any through traffic is via School Lane, The Street, Vicarage Lane and vice versa.

The closure is required for the safety of the public and workforce while ducting works are undertaken by Openreach.

For information regarding the closure please contact Openreach on: 0800 023 2023, who will be able to assist with the scope of these works.

KCC 24hr Contact Centre: 03000 418181

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

Kent County Council - Highways, Transportation & Waste

Poolside Bar Music Night with Mike 'Smooth' Harris at Upchurch River Valley Golf Course

From 8:30pm

Free entry - Non-members welcome

Jenny Giles - Upchurch River Valley Golf Course

Telephone: 01634 360626

Website: www.rivervalleygolf.co.uk

Latest POLICE.UK Crime Data for the Area - June 2021

Hartlip, Newington and Upchurch

A brief summary of crime information for the past 2 months.

31 crimes are shown on the map in June 2021 including:

2 Anti-social Behaviour

1 Criminal Damage and Arson

3 Other Theft

3 Public Order

3 Vehicle Crime

16 Violence and Sexual Offences
3 Other Crime

60 crimes were shown on the map in May 2021.

Not all crime that occurs is shown on the map.

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

A brief summary of crime information for the past 2 months.

24 crimes are shown on the map in June 2021 including:

11 Anti-social Behaviour

1 Burglary
2 Criminal Damage and Arson

1 Drugs

1 Vehicle Crime

7 Violence and Sexual Offences

1 Other Crime

38 crimes were shown on the map in May 2021.

Not all crime that occurs is shown on the map.

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

Upchurch Matters

Temporary Road Closure - Otterham Quay Lane, Horsham Lane & Wallbridge Lane, Upchurch

Kent County Council has made an order to temporarily prohibit through traffic on Otterham Quay Lane, Horsham Lane & Wallbridge Lane, Upchurch from Monday 9th August 2021, with estimated completion by 27th September 2021.

The works will be completed under three phases, as detailed below.

Phase 1

Otterham Quay Lane, Upchurch will be closed from Monday 9th August 2021, with estimated completion by 22nd August 2021.

The road will be closed between the junctions with Lower Rainham Road and Horsham Lane, to the extent indicated by signs and barriers on site.

The alternative route is via Horsham Lane, Oak Lane, London Road, Otterham Quay Lane and vice versa.

Phase 2

Otterham Quay Lane, Horsham Lane & Wallbridge, Upchurch will be closed from Monday 16th August 2021, with estimated completion by 29th August 2021.

The roads will be closed between the junctions with Gibbs Lane and Horsham Lane, to the extent indicated by signs and barriers on site.

The alternative route is via Horsham Lane, Oak Lane, London Road, Otterham Quay Lane and vice versa.

Phase 3

Wallbridge Lane, Upchurch will be closed from Monday 23rd August 2021, with estimated completion by 27th September 2021.

The road will be closed between the junctions with Otterham Quay Lane and Oak Lane, to the extent indicated by signs and barriers on site.

The alternative route is via Oak Lane, London Road, Otterham Quay Lane and vice versa.

The closures are required for the safety of the public and workforce while gas main replacement works are undertaken by SGN.

For information regarding these closures please contact SGN on: 0800 111999, who will be able to assist with the scope of these works.

KCC 24hr Contact Centre: 03000 418181

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

Kent County Council - Highways, Transportation & Waste

Garden Power Tools Stolen and Barn Burgled - Newington | Lawnmower Stolen - Upchurch

Hartlip, Newington & Upchurch Ward

Crime Number: 46/141018/21

At 10:31am on Thursday the 5th of August, 2 males were seen climbing over a garden fence in Bull Lane, Newington, just before garden power tools were stolen.

Crime Number: 46/141395/21

Between 6:00am and 7:00pm on Thursday the 5th of August, a barn at Newington Manor in Callaways Lane, Newington was burgled and approximately £3,000 worth of tools were stolen.

Crime Number: 446/143100/21

Between 10:00am and 3:00pm on Friday the 6th of August, a lawnmower was stolen from a garden shed on Windmill Hill, Upchurch.

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

Kent Community Messaging

PETITION: Foodbank Co-ordinator Gill Gay Calls on Government Not to Take £20 a Week from the Poor

Hi everyone,

You know me as the lady from the church, who stands in the lay-by collecting your donations for the FOODBANK. I know how generous you are, so could you help me again?

This won't cost you anything, all I ask is that you SIGN my petition and SHARE it. 

You are already aware that people are struggling because you help them every month. The people we help are struggling to feed their families. Their struggle will get worse in September. Why! In September the government will cancel the extra £20 a week, they gave people on benefits, to help get them through the consequences of the pandemic.

They have been receiving this for over a year. Can you imaging what it will mean to families already struggling, already on the bread line, already the poorest in our communities, if the government go ahead and take away £20 a week, £80 a month.

Could your income survive that?

Don't get me wrong I KNOW we have financial problems because of Covid. I know there are many people tugging at the purse strings of the government. I know nurses, teachers, and many others deserve a fairer salary, but please don't let the government take this £20 away.

They can't try to salvage our economy on the backs of the poorest in our country. This surely can't be right.

September brings the start of the new school year - children need uniforms, shoes and coats. Sometimes the heating has to go on (if you are lucky enough to be able to afford it and can still afford it after home energy prices rise again in October). Rents will go unpaid, more families will be evicted, more families will be having to rely on the FOODBANK. 

Please help me make the government have a re-think.

Please SIGN my petition at the link here >> http://chng.it/j9rtjR5f

And please SHARE it.

Thank you

Gill Gay