KCC Road Safety campaign: Is the child seat in your car fitted correctly?
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Are you aware of the dangers of babies and children travelling in cars while inadequately restrained?
With recent county figures revealing that a shocking 70% plus of all baby and child car seats checked across Kent are incorrectly fitted, a new awareness campaign will soon be launched to highlight the dangers and provide advice on anything which puts a child at risk while travelling in a car.
KCC Road Safety has just launched its latest campaign to raise awareness of the dangers of unrestrained babies and children travelling in cars.
The Covid-19 heroes honoured in The Queenâs 2021 New Year Honours
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After the very worst of years, the very best among us â from frontline health staff to key community volunteers and charity workers â have been recognised in The Queenâs 2021 New Year Honours.
Last year brought to the fore a new breed of community champions. including those working in the NHS to treat coronavirus patients, scientists developing effective vaccines and key workers keeping essential services operating.
These âordinary peopleâ who continue to go above and beyond have been recognised for sterling work delivered in extraordinary circumstances.
How to prepare Kent businesses that export to Europe for new rules from January 1, 2021
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Sponsored Editorial: Produced in association with Kent County Council
It s all change for Kent firms trading with Europe.
New rules for exporting goods to the EU start on January 1.
But what sort of things should Kent businesses be thinking about?
Things will change for a lot of Kent firms from January 1
1. Find out how to declare goods
From January 1 you ll need to make customs declarations when exporting goods to the EU. These rules currently apply to exporting goods to the rest of the world, including Switzerland, Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein.
Medwayâs community spirit celebrated in film about life during lockdown
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Residents and community leaders appear in a short film showing some of the inspiring ways people helped one another and brought a little joy to life under lockdown in 2020.
From rainbows of hope popping up in Medwayâs windows to a huge co-ordinated effort by local organisations and groups to distribute 76,377 meals to vulnerable residents, this is a year few of us will forget.
One of the organisations to feature in the film is Age UK Medway.
Susan Parker, Volunteer Coordinator with the charity, saw demand for daily meal deliveries increase from around 20 a day to 160. Luckily Susan had an influx of people wanting to help and thinks that this year has shown community spirit to be alive and well in Medway.
UK s Covid-19 vaccine roll-out brings hope of a brighter future for all of us
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The UKâs biggest roll-out of a vaccine in a generation is well underway, bringing hope to us all of protection against Covid-19 as well as the prospect of a brighter, better 2021.
From delivery drivers to doctors, warehouse workers to care staff, there is now a dedicated army of heroes involved in the UK Governmentâs nationwide roll-out of virus vaccinations.
Inoculations have already begun with elderly patients as well as hospital and care staff among the first to receive first phase jabs across the nation.