Village News

The weather may have caught everybody surprise yesterday, but it at least provided some entertainment for the children who were sent home from school.

Today I attended the Calor Village of the Year finals at the Millennium Hotel in Mayfair, London in which we were up against seven others counties in the Southern and South East England region for a chance to win the regional ICT Award.

After 15 years loyal service as chairman of Bapchild Parish Council, Richard Bush has sadly tendered his resignation. This has arisen in the main part due to an increased workload, and he no longer felt able to offer the same level of commitment that he deemed necessary for the role.

Today, the 6th November marks our first birthday. The site launched at the Bapchild village information evening last year has seen a good steady rate of growth and has gone on to win the Information Technology Award in the Calor Kent Village of the Year 2004 competition

Kent County Council has issued a public notice of their intension close several roads in Bapchild during April...

About 100 women came to Bapchild Village Hall, on Saturday, 28 February, to try a variety of treatments, including holistic massage, eyebrow waxing, palm reading and coloured hair extensions.

Fred Arnold says farewell after an amazing 22 years as our village postman, during which time he not only became a familiar face around the village, he became part of village life itself.

The family whose home was damaged when a burning load of straw was driven through Bapchild, on 22 August, are still unable to return home

The teddies certainly were out in force last Sunday for the annual Teddy bear service and picnic tea at St Laurence church and I for one was most surprised at some of the owners they brought along to keep them company

Hello and welcome to my brand new weekly column, where I’m going to attempt to provide some interesting alternatives to the material that you may otherwise hear on the telly or radio.