01 July 2022 - Medication and beauty products stolen from fire-hit Pender Pharmacy, Milton Road, Gravesend
40 year old man from Longfield arrested on suspicion of looting from burnt out chemist's shop in Queen Street, Gravesend
Gravesend Messenger
11 July 2022 - Parish Council: Councillors
9 of the 13 attended with apologies from Cllrs Sewell, Graeme, Ross and Ramsay. There were no declarations of interest
Parish Council Meeting
11 July 2022 - Parish Council: Payments
Payments of £18,585 for July and August were agreed.
Parish Council Meeting
11 July 2022 - Buses:
Cllr Brazier (KCC) announced KCC plans to cut £2.2m and 40 routes from bus service. Said Kent Karrier would be reprieved. Clear Chanel had asked PC for suggested locations for bus shelters (non-ad). Council had suggested Wellfield and Cherry Trees but neither were considered suitable.
Parish Council Meeting
11 July 2022 - Burial Grounds:
The committee met on 16 June 2022 but the minutes are not available.
Parish Council Meeting
11 July 2022 - Youth Services:
West Kent Housing Association deliver youth work on Thursday afternoons and evenings, during April/May youth worker engaged with 23 young people. General Purposes committee to make funds available for Family Fun Day in August. Additional Funday to be paid for by the council at Woodland Avenue on July 26th, provided by Playspace at a cost of £576.
Parish Council Meeting
11 July 2022 - Ash Road: Speeding
Resident wrote to complain of speeding by Black Lion, which has caused several accidents and is a danger to people leaving properties on foot where there is no pavement. General Purposes committee said they had raised this many times with KCC and police and got nowhere, so they didn't want to get involved.
Parish Council Meeting
11 July 2022 - Parish Council: Website
Working group to look at commissioning a new website.
Parish Council Meeting
11 July 2022 - Footpaths: Hartley Wood
Council to apply for path leading from Beechlands Close into Hartley Wood to be public footpath. 22 statements of use received but will have to be done again because they'd used the old form. They also plan to apply for path from Old Downs to Fawkham Valley Road if any support.
Parish Council Meeting
11 July 2022 - Parish Council: Staff
There was a Personnel Committee meeting on 22 June 2022 but the minutes are not available.
Parish Council Meeting
17 July 2022 - Fire at Longfield cornfield
7 engines and 2 all terrain vehicles attend blaze in ten acres of corn at Nurstead Lane
News Shopper
22 July 2022 - Fire in The Drive, New Barn sees homes evacuated amid gas fears
Fire in garage where gas cylinders are kept led to neighbours having to be evacuated
Dartford Messenger
27 July 2022 - Croydon fare dodger in court over £8 Southeastern train ticket
Man from Croydon ordered to pay £397 for not paying fare between Longfield and Bromley on 13 December 2021.
News Shopper
31 July 2022 - Crime: West Kent Watch
Crimes listed in July included: theft of car (Cherry Trees), theft of trailer (Hartley Hill), break in at commercial property (Cherry Trees) (it seems this site does not list all crimes)
West Kent Watch
22 August 2022 - Identical twin sisters from Meopham rescued from separation in London's East End celebrate 98th birthday together
Picture feature on 98 year old twins, one of whom lives at Old Downs Home, the other at Meopham. When they were born in Canning Town their parents thought they might have to give one of them up because they were so poor, but the community rallied around and saved them from being split up.
Gravesend Messenger
22 August 2022 - Cars crash into house and shop in Maidstone and Longfield
Two people hospitalised when car crashes into shop in Station Road, Longfield.
Maidstone Messenger
31 August 2022 - Crime: West Kent Watch
Crimes listed in August included: theft from public building (Wellfield), vandalism - smashed window (Caxton Close) (it seems this site does not list all crimes)
West Kent Watch