Christmas Services at St Mary's, Upchurch

Christmas Eve

Saturday 24th December

Crib Service at 4:00pm 
Carol Service at 7:30pm 

Christmas Day

Sunday 25th December

Sung Communion at 10:00am

Sue Rossiter

Website: www.thesix.org.uk

Vehicle Broken Into - Newington

Hartlip, Newington & Upchurch Ward

Crime Number:  46/241571/22

At around 08:00 on Saturday the 17th of December, somebody broke into a Nissan Micra parked in Wickham Close, Newington and stole the radio and a socket set.

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

News from Maidstone Road Surgery Rainham, including Upchurch Surgery

Maidstone Road Surgery Rainham, including Upchurch Surgery.

Changes to Upchurch Surgery Opening Hours over Christmas and New Year 

Upchurch Surgery will be closed on Monday the 26th of December 2022, and Monday the 2nd of January 2023. Otherwise, the usual opening hours apply.

Covid and Flu Vaccinations

Covid and Flu vaccinations are going well. Patients should contact the Rainham Surgery if they have not been called in for their vaccinations yet.

Repeat Prescriptions

Patients that use a computer, laptop, tablet or smartphone are requested to use Patient Access to order their repeat prescriptions.

Collecting Medication

If you are collecting medication from Upchurch, please write the word 'Upchurch' in the box at the bottom, and submit your requests at some point over the weekend prior to the week you require your medication. Thank you.

Blood Test Results

Patients can also view their blood test results on Patient Access

Practice Website 

The Maidstone Road Surgery Rainham website is: www.maidstoneroadsurgeryrainham.co.uk

Ray Kemsley

Chair - Surgery Patient Participation Group - Upchurch & Rainham

Email: raykemsley@btinternet.com

Uplift: Christmas Story Service at Upchurch Village Hall

Uplift is celebrating Christmas with an action-packed re-telling of the Christmas story on Sunday the 18th of December at 10:30am in the village hall.

Come and join us as we begin enjoying this amazing time of year.

Come and join us as we celebrate this amazing act of love.

Come and sing carols and eat mince pies.

Come and feel the joy.

God is with us.

'Jesus' 

God's precious gift, given because he loves each and every one of us.

All are welcome, the young and the young at heart, and those in between.

Gill Gay

Batteries Stolen | Christmas Decorations Stolen - Newington

Hartlip, Newington & Upchurch Ward

Crime Number: 46/238590/22

Between 00:01 on Thursday the 1st of December and 16:02 on Tuesday the 13th of December, somebody stole the batteries from a telephone roadside cabinet in Playstool Road, Newington.

Crime Number: 46/237901/22

At around 20:30 on Sunday the 11th of December, somebody stole Christmas decorations from a driveway in Bull Lane, Newington. 

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

Emergency Road Closure - Wardwell Lane, Newington

It will be necessary to close Wardwell Lane, Newington from Tuesday 13th December 2022 for up to 11 days.

The road will be closed outside Enterprise Centre.

The alternative route is via Vicarage Lane, The Street, Breach Lane, Boxted Lane, School Lane, Wardwell Lane and vice versa.

This is to enable cabling works to be carried out by UK Power Networks.

KCC 24hr Contact Centre: 03000 418181

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

Kent County Council - Highways, Transportation & Waste