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Chief Constable Rod Hansen said: “Firstly I want to thank everyone for their continued support through these unprecedented times which we are all facing together.

“The new measures announced by the Prime Minister yesterday to increase social distancing and stay at home have been put in place to save lives and protect the NHS. They are there to protect you and I’d urge you all to please comply with them.

“We’re working around the clock to understand what the legislation will mean, and we’ll share this with you in due course. In the meantime, there will be more visible policing across the county in support of the Prime Minister’s directive, ready to respond when needed, to help keep Gloucestershire safe and, I hope, to provide reassurance.

“Please help us find our way through this – given the extraordinary community spirit we’ve already seen throughout this fast moving situation, I hope we have your cooperation.

“As a police service, we have a duty to protect life and support the Government and our partners in health agencies in the fight against this pandemic.

“The message I have given to my staff is that we will focus on policing by consent, working with people. Enforcement should be a last resort as we hope people will listen and cooperate. I have however let all my staff know that they have my full backing when they do exercise legal authority if the circumstances require and justify it. 

“Please do follow the advice, stay at home and help us to help the national effort. I am grateful for your patience and continued support during these times of great uncertainty.

“Please be reassured that we are still here if you need us for an emergency, however overnight we had numerous calls to our Force Control Room asking what these new measures mean.

“I must stress that it is vital our emergency 999 and non-emergency 101 phone lines are kept free to deal with crime related issues.

“When we have the answers, we will share these with you through our numerous channels including social media, on our website and through Your Community Alerts (www.yourcommunityalerts.co.uk) – a free messaging service where you can sign up to receive emails.

“If you are a victim of crime please continue to report it online at www.gloucestershire.police.uk, using 101, or in an emergency, 999 – and we will respond as normal.

“You can also keep up to date with information and advice on www.gov.uk/coronavirus and locally from our partners at Gloucestershire County Council where a community help hub has been set up for those who need support or can offer help 

“Once again thank you for your continued support and please help us, cooperate with us and lets all do everything we can to save lives and protect the NHS.”

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Communications Team WWDW (Police, Communications Team, Gloucestershire)

Matara’s Garden Open Day takes place as follows:

Sunday 28th June from 11am to 3pm

The admission costs as well as tea and cake sales (after costs) will go towards the charities that are being supported on that particular day.

This year, we will be supporting both Charlie’s Cancer Support and our local Kingscote Church.

Everyone is very welcome.

Thanks

Holly Roberts
Wedding & Event Coordinator
Matara
01453 861050

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

Following the government instructions, our benefice churches will be kept locked during the day until further notice.  

I know that some of you have been coming to church to pray, but for now we will need to pray from our homes.   I will be praying each day at 9am and 6pm at home and invite you to either join me at that time from wherever you are, or find a pattern/time of prayer that fits with your day.

Information about live streaming of prayers can be found here.

With all my prayers,
Caroline 

The Rev’d Caroline Bland
Vicar
The Benefice of Nailsworth with Shortwood, Horsley, and Newington Bagpath with Kingscote. 
Tel: 01453 836536

This information has been shared by a contact and could be important:

“I started getting symptoms of the Coronavirus on Monday afternoon, after unfortunately, having been shopping in Waitrose in the morning before any symptoms appeared.

I had terrible aching all over my body and a sudden onset of a temperature which completely floored me. The thing that I noticed after two days of illness was I realised I had lost 100% of my sense of taste and smell.

I have since found out that my mother and step-father, who became ill a couple of days before me, also have lost all their sense of taste and smell as well.

It is now emerging that this is a very common symptom in Coronavirus sufferers.

This is EXTREMELY important!

EVEN IF YOU DO NOT HAVE ANY OTHER SYMPTOMS AT ALL APART FROM THE LOSS OF TASTE AND SMELL, YOU ARE ALMOST CERTAINLY LIKELY TO HAVE CORONAVIRUS.

PLEASE BE REALLY AWARE OF SYMPTOMS, EVEN IF YOU ARE FEELING FINE, AS KNOWING THIS WILL UNDOUBTEDLY SAVE LIVES.

PLEASE PLEASE SHARE THIS INFORMATION WITH EVERYONE YOU KNOW.”

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Need a newspaper delivery? J&C News will deliver from Mondays to Saturdays in Kingscote. They only operate through an answerphone on 01666 502398 which they check once a day at 7.30 am, so please be patient.

We have started a private Facebook Group for Kingscote & Bagpath to support the community through Coronavirus/Covid-19 and the isolation many people may face.

If you have a Facebook account, click here and ask to join.

If you don’t yet have a Facebook account but would like one, register here and then search for https://www.facebook.com/groups/kingscoteandbagpath/.

If you don’t want to join the group, email with any requests.

Webmaster

From Monday 23 March, the NHS will contact anyone who is at particularly high risk of getting seriously ill with coronavirus. They will give specific advice about what to do.

If you have a neighbour or nearby villager who is 70+ or who has been asked to isolate for health reasons, do keep an eye out for them.

• Are they willing to give you a phone no. or email address in order to keep in touch during this period of isolation?
• Would they appreciate a chat through the window or on the phone while it’s not possible to talk face-to-face?
• Do they need any medications collected/groceries delivered?
• Ask what you can do for your neighbours in these unusual circumstances.

Webmaster

If you are 70+ or vulnerable and need assistance with a small supply of groceries, please email Alice and I will do what I can to help. Anyone who wishes to offer similar assistance should email me and I will coordinate.

During these unusual times, if you wish to have grocery orders prepared for collection or, in some cases delivered, the list of suppliers below may help.

Please email me with others you know are offering a collection and/or delivery service and I will update this list.

Takeaway Food
Don’t forget to try and support your local takeaways if you need a break from cooking; there are plenty in the area who could do with our help.

Supermarkets

Webmaster

Message from Paula & Sean Pinkney:

We have just returned from Vietnam where we were quarantined from 7th March to 15th March because we were on the same boat as two couples who happened to be on the same plane from LHR to Hanoi as a Vietnamese woman who was infected with Covid-19. The plane landed on the 2nd March while we were holidaying in Cambodia. We were quarantined in a hotel room and tested for the virus on the 7th March – it was negative. We were also tested on the 13th March – again negative. We also had our temperatures taken twice a day – all ok. They released us with papers giving us the “all clear” on 15th March and took us to the airport where we returned home. 

We are being extra cautious and going against what NHS 111 said, by self isolating till end of this week; NHS 111 said we could go about business as usual.

We will of course have to walk the dog so, if you see us out, don’t be alarmed but please keep at least 2 metres away from us. Apologies this morning for scaring anybody but Paula went out with her mask on (which she did not need to) because she’s anxious about the situation. 

Shaun Pinkney

Unsurprisingly in view of the latest advice, Film Night on 24th March in the Village Hall has now been cancelled.

It’s intended that Baz Luhrmann’s ‘Romeo and Juliet’ will be shown at a later date.

Pauline McTear