The Christmas Rainbow Café at St Mary's Church

On the 2nd Thursday of each month.

The Christmas Rainbow Café at St Mary's Church opens its doors on Thursday the 14th of December, between 2:00pm and 4:30pm.

The café serves hot and cold drinks, delicious homemade cakes and savouries, including our £1 children's snack deal (5 items and a drink), with Christmas stories and crafts to entertain them.

You will receive a warm welcome and be helping us support four Ugandan children through school.

Everybody welcome!

Gill Gay and the Rainbow Café Team

Email: gilliangay99@yahoo.co.uk

Changes to Swale Borough Council Christmas and New Year General Waste and Recycling Collection Dates

Because Christmas and New Year's Day both fall on a Monday this year, changes to normal household bin collection dates over Christmas and New Year will last longer than usual.

Check the graphic for details on your revised collection dates.

Regularly scheduled bin collections will resume in Swale on Monday the 8th of January 2024.

To check your collection dates and what goes in which bins, visit: https://tinyurl.com/2s4fj66d

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Electrical Inverter Stolen - Hartlip

Hartlip, Newington & Upchurch Ward

Crime Number: 46/213542/23

Between 20:00 on Saturday the 2nd of December and 13:00 on Sunday the 3rd of December, somebody broke into an outbuilding at stables and stole an electrical inverter in Warren Lane, Hartlip.

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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St Mary's Church Fundraising Sale

Saturday 9th December between 10:00am - 11:30am

Homemade Cakes, Jams, Pickles, Scones and Savouries

Also Puzzles, Books, Bric-à-brac and sometimes Plants

Something for everyone!

Refreshments

Please help support this ancient building - Thank you

🍰 🍓 🧩 📚 🎨 🪴 ☕️ ➕

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Leaf Blower Stolen - Hartlip | Vehicle Damaged - Upchurch

Hartlip, Newington & Upchurch Ward

Crime Number: 46/207621/23

On Wednesday the 22nd of November, between 10:30am and 12:00pm, somebody stole a leaf blower from a residential garden in The Street, Hartlip.

Crime Number: 

46/211258/23

On Tuesday the 28th of November, around 3:30pm, somebody damaged a vehicle parked on the road in Horsham Lane, 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

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Changes to Chalkwell 326/327 Bus Services from 3rd January 2024

Following a review of their timetables, Chalkwell Coach Hire will be changing various bus services from Wednesday the 3rd of January 2024.

The volume of roadworks and congestion in the area has been highly problematic, with major infrastructure schemes on the A249 and ongoing disruption with gas, electricity, water, internet and other utilities closing or digging up busy roads.

The 326/327 bus service will be retimed slightly to allow for congestion and improve reliability. The 7:20am from Sittingbourne to Medway schools will depart at 7:10am. The Saturday service will also be retimed.

The operator hopes these changes will improve the overall level of reliability without inconveniencing too many passengers.

The new 326/327/328 bus timetable will be published in the next few weeks.

The current 326/327/328 bus timetable can be found at >> https://chalkwell.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/326-8-chalkwell-timetable-wef290823-web.pdf

For further information on bus times, Call: 01795 423982 or Email: coachhire@chalkwell.co.uk

For travel information on routes, times, tickets and fares, visit >> www.chalkwell.co.uk/bus-services

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