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Boot Fairs, The Green Hythe 2019 1st September Music & Arts for the Community - Shepway Voices Gates open 7am. Cars: £10; Vans £15. Rubbish is to be taken by the sellers

Saturday 24 August 7.30pm. £12 Narropera: Dorothee Jansen Soprano; Floriane Peycelon Violin ; Haydn Rawstron Piano and NarratorMozart Le Nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro) Saturday 14 September 6.00pm. £12. Preston Ensemble. Corelli Concerto Grosso No 2 in F Mendelssohn Octet in E flat major, Op 20 Saturday 21 September 7.30pm. £12. Classical Folk: Sylvia Akagi Voice & Flute, Andrew Wickens Violin, Peter Golden Guitar. Light classical music and song plus virtuoso violin (including Saint-SaënsThe Swan) Refreshments in Church: Wine bar open 30 minutes before concerts and during any intervals. Light lunches available in church after lunchtime concerts indicated by [L]. Car Parking: If using satnav to reach the church or car park, use postcode: CT21 5DN. A church car park with limited space is located to the east of the building. Tickets: Discounted prices for Friends of St Leonard’s Church. Join here. Tickets available from Brandon’s Music Shop, 55 High Street, Hythe CT21 5AD (01303 264429) and at church door prior to each concert. Free admission to those under 18 in full-time education. 7

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Tuesday September 10th at 12pm Newington Village Hall Admission 40p Refreshments available In support of St. Nicholas Church, Newington 9

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Saturday 21st Sept 6.30 pm Fish and Chip Supper followed by card and board games. Price ÂŁ10. Tickets in Restoring and maintaining this historic building advance available from Greta and its grounds Charity number: 1122652 Raja 01303 488091, Mel Wrigley 01303 237146, Cynthia Weeks 01303 262572 or Di Fox 01303 277119. Raffle

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Saturday 5th October 10 am to 12.30 pm Church Yard Volunteer Work Party. Please bring gloves and tools. Clearing weeds, ivy, path & drainage gullies. Tea, coffee, bacon or egg butty and cake provided. Saturday 19th Oct 3.00 pm Swing Band Concert and Cream Tea. A concert by the U3A Swing Band playing traditional jazz and songs together with a cream tea. Price ÂŁ10. Tickets in advance available from Greta Raja 01303 488091, Mel Wrigley 01303 237146, Cynthia Weeks 01303 262572 or Di Fox 01303 277119. Raffle Saturday 16th Nov 10 am to 12.30 pm Church Yard Volunteer Work Party. Please bring gloves and tools. Clearing weeds, ivy, path & drainage gullies. Tea, coffee, bacon or egg butty and cake provided.

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District Councillor Report The subject of my report this month is litter. During the summer holidays we are happy to welcome increasing visitor numbers but this can create additional litter problems at the Districts attractions which include the treats on offer at the Newington Barn and Elham Valley Line Trust. Thankfully the visitors to these two attractions do seem to respect them and in the main dispose of their litter responsibility plus the local volunteers play their part in keeping things tidy. Notwithstanding this it is important to remind visitors to play their part so the District Council has relaunched its musically based anti litter campaign.

Don't be a litterbug - Pick me up before you go go Residents and visitors to the Folkestone and Hythe area are being encouraged to take their rubbish home by an anti-litter campaign launched by the district council this week. A parody of the 1980's Wham! classic heads the campaign which has been revived once again after having a successful impact last summer. The fun and catchy take on 'Wake me up before you go go" aims to persuade people to put their litter in a bin or take it home after they've visited the district's beaches and parks. Children from a local performing arts group, NEON, star in a music video of the re-worded 'Pick me up before you go go'. "If you love our beautiful district then support this message and share it with your friends. The more people who are aware, the greater the opportunity for this to make a real impact - and result in less litter." "Our message is simple - please put your litter in a bin or take it home. Just make sure you 'pick it up before you go go!'" 22

Another area of concern is fly tipping in the area and we are reminding residents of the dangers of paying unregistered and unscrupulous traders to take away their rubbish. Most of the time waste is collected in bins or residents personally take their own waste to the local tip. However, sometimes people offer to take waste away on a resident's behalf only to fly tip the rubbish later. Everybody has a duty to ensure their waste ends up in the right place. Residents that don't take reasonable steps to achieve this will be guilty of a 'Duty of Care' offence. This applies to any waste produced at home including household refuse, garden waste or bulkier waste, such as mattresses or white goods. To check your rubbish is being disposed of correctly you should ask the following questions: 1. Name and vehicle details 2. Where they are taking your waste 3. Do they have an Upper Tier Waste Carriers' License Anyone collecting waste from another person must have a license and you must ask to see a copy of their license before instructing them to do the job. You can call the Environment Agency on 08708 506506 to request an instant waste carrier validation check, or check the public register online at: brokers. If they turn out not to be registered then please report them to the authorities. St Nicholas Church Newington I was pleased to award ÂŁ500 from my Ward budget to the Friends of St Nicholas Church to help towards their wall repairs. There is still a long way to go but every little helps.

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From your County Councillor Thank you to those of you who sent me letters in support of my nomination of the Elham Valley Line Trust for a Queen’s Award for Volunteering. I’d be grateful for further support from individuals and organisations about the positive impact this group has had on Newington parish. Are we ready for Brexit in Kent? Well if not, it won’t be for lack of effort. Plans were put in place for the anticipated date of 31 March and have now been updated for 31 October. Over £30m has been spent on improvements to the road network and there have been detailed plans agreed with Kent Police and other partners to cope with varying degrees of traffic problems. As ever we are hoping for the best but planning for the worst and there will be a paper of Brexit preparedness going to our County Council meeting on 12 September (papers available a week in advance on our website). As I write, we know that Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sajid Javid has announced an extra £2.1 billion is to be made available for nodeal Brexit preparation across the UK. Within this figure, the Chancellor is setting aside £344 million to help get new border and customs operations ready. This includes: * An extra 500 border force officers, meaning up to 1,000 more officers this year. * Boosting capacity to process UK passport applications this year, helping avoid delays. * Doubling the support made available for customs agents to train new staff or invest in better IT so businesses can get the support they need to complete customs declarations. * Improving transport infrastructure around ports and additional funding for ‘Operation Brock’ to manage traffic disruption in Kent. * Enhancing support available on government helplines. In welcoming this extra funding, KCC Leader Paul Carter said, ‘We don’t yet know whether we are going to have an acrimonious or an amicable split from Europe, but we simply must be prepared for all eventualities. Our preparedness for the March 31 EU Exit was pretty 24

good from a transport perspective â&#x20AC;&#x201C; working with the Department for Transport, Kent Police and other partners in preparing for delays at the ports of Folkestone and Dover. However, there were several significant unresolved issues back in March, and questions that were unanswered. These were mainly around how the customs clearance and paperwork system will operate and work.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; KCC will continue to raise this issue until we are satisfied it is fully resolved." Brexit is not the only matter affecting local government and with a new Prime Minister and team in place KCC has been pressing the case for more funding for infrastructure, care for the elderly, children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities as well as preparations for Brexit. There will be a paper on Brexit at our County Council meeting on 12 September which will be available on our website a week in advance Our website www.kent.gov.uk will also have the latest information. Susan Carey, Member Elham Valley

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In the Church this September 2019 September 1 10.00. Benefice service at St Nicholas September 8 9.00 a.m. Eucharist September. 15 8.30 a.m. Said Eucharist September 22 9.00 a.m. Morning prayer September 29 3.00 p.m. Harvest festival. Followed by harvest tea. Everyone welcome, donations of food much appreciated.

For any further Church information please contact The Reverend Janet Thornby on 01303 271267 27

This is the new Pilates' timetable and it will start Monday 2nd September, check out a couple of new venues and a few changes to classes and times. Any questions give Julie a call on 07825109670

If you would like to submit an article or letter please ensure it is emailed to me by the 20th of each month. I will print almost anything as long as itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not libellous, racist or unkind. Name must be supplied but can be withheld if requested. Please put your articles etc in plain text or Word and images should be in .jpg, .tiff or .png. My contact details are: Address: Clyme House, Hillside Street, Hythe, Kent CT21 5DJ Mobile: 07771 796 446 Landline: 020 3239 5828 (via Skype) email: david@thesentinel.org.uk