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Welcome to this week's blog. As always, thank you for sparing the time to have a read. A reminder that, as the summer holidays are approaching, now is the time to book for WSCC's Holiday Activities & Food programme .  Please remember the Food Standards Agency (FSA) has released a Food Alert advising businesses to remove from the market meat and meat products supplied by the cutting plant Block and Cleaver in Swanley, Kent , because of food safety concerns. These products may have incorrect use by dates, are subject to traceability breaches, may not have been manufactured in accordance with food safety management systems and may be unsafe. They should not be eaten. Trading Standards are asking food businesses such as restaurants, cafes and hotels to withdraw from sale immediately any meat or meat products supplied by Block and Cleaver because they are unsafe to eat. Products should be disposed of safely. They are also asking food businesses who have sold meat or meat produ...

Welcome to this week's blog. As always, thank you for sparing the time to have a read. The summer holidays are approaching so please let people know that now is the time to book for WSCC's Holiday Activities & Food programme .  I have been stopped several times this week and thanked for Selsey Town Council’s D-day celebration. There is drone footage of it on YouTube, as STC posted: -   “ Watch Selsey's commemoration of the 80th Anniversary of D-Day on 6 June 2024 from a unique birds-eye perspective!. Immerse yourself in the homage to Selsey's brave residents and visiting service members during the lead-up to and on D-Day.  Through photographs taken in the era, be transported back to a time when our small village showed remarkable resilience and spirit. Don't miss this chance to honour their enduring legacy and bravery that shaped history. Watch the film now and share in the pride of Selsey ! ”  The Food Standards Agency (FSA) have released a Food Alert advisin...

Welcome to this week's blog. As always, thank you for sparing the time to have a read. Sunday is Sussex Day so we wish you all the best. Although meetings are affected by purdah during the General Election campaign, STC on Wednesday evening ran some Councillor training on the General Power of Competence . Val also had CDC’s Planning earlier in the day; Donna wasn't well so stayed away to avoid spreading it. This coming Wednesday Donna and Val have Val’s first Development Planning and Infrastructure Panel, and Donna also has Health and Adult Social Care at West Sussex. Watch CDC’s public meetings here , and Full WSCC here . Val will be joined by Mick, Ali, Ian, Andrew and Gareth for STC’s Planning in the evening before the rest of us join them for the next Full STC. The Personnel Committee meeting that would have been this week has been moved to this coming Tuesday so Andrew, Donna Ian and I will be there two evenings in a row. Donna leads the Green and Independent Group at WSC...