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Good morning and welcome to Kent Life

News
Im Ben Keenan and I will be presenting
todays community stories
Good morning to you and welcome to
Kent L!fe News. Im Ben Keenan, and I will
be presenting todays top community
stories.

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Studio Presenter
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A small group of women have formed a

knitting group in Medway, and aim to
raise money for equipment for the
Medway hospital, by selling their
mittens.
A trust fund has been set to raise money
for the transformation of a 500-year-old
former courthouse building into a
museum, in Swale, also known as the
Milton Regis Court Hall.
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Good morning.
The community in Medway have formed a
social group who knit for charity. Each
week they come together to knit a variety
of items that will be sold annually to raise
money for a selection of charities.
This year they are raising money to fund
for an OSNA machine for the Medway
Maritime Hospital.

Live Report 2 Minutes

Our reporter Dave Chawner is now at the

scene. Dave?
Hi Ben, Im in the Walderslade Library
where these wonderful women are busy
knitting these (hold up knitted item in
right hand) for this (picture of machine
hold up in left hand).
Now not for the photo but for the
machine.
Breast cancer is one of the most common
cancers in women, in England and Wales.
Statistics show that around 1 in 9 women

develop breast cancer at some stage in

their life.
Carole Turner, founder of the knitting for
charity group, is going to talk about what
her knitting group are doing in order to
raise money for the OSNA breast cancer
machine.
Carole,
What does your group do in order to
raise money for charities?
Why did the group decide to raise money
for this specific cause?
Thank you very much for talking to us
Carole.
Angela Blackwell is also here with me
and will be telling us more about the
OSNA procedure.
Hi Angela, so what does OSNA stand for
and could you tell us more about the
procedure?
Thank you Angela
We are now going to move onto some of
the other members of the group.
Hi ladies,
Would you say you have to be an
experienced knitter to come along to
these weekly meetings?
Do you have any male or younger group
members?
Lets put this to the test, do you think that
I could have a go?
Thank you for letting me come along to
your meeting today, you may even see me
here next week.

Dave Chawner, Walderslade Library,

Kent L!fe News

Studio presenter

Thank you Dave.

A group of people known as the Friends
of Milton Regis are currently raising
money to turn Milton Regis Court Hall
into a museum.

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Our reporter, Esther Shephard, has more

information on this project.
Milton Regis is a small village in the
district of Swale in Kent, with a rich
historic background.
A local building, known as the Milton
Regis Court Hall, that has been standing
here for over 500 years and been left
abandoned since 2006. Although the
building has a lot of history and many
famous visitors such as Henry VII, it
seems it has been left too far behind in
recent years to be worth renovating.
However local members of the
community who appreciate the value of
the building do not want to see it fade
away and have created a trust to raise
enough money to transform the empty
building into a museum.
Friends of Milton Regis interview:
What is the history of the building?
What is the Museum Trust and who is
involved?
Why is the building worth preserving?
What is the Museum Trust doing to raise
money for the transformation?
Interview with Head of council here
Public
The Old Court Hall is clearly a cherished

building. The Museum Trust hope that it

will attract families, schools and
historians to the area who are interested
in the history of the area.
I wouldnt say I would be too excited,
though, if I had to spend the night in one
of the buildings cells.

Studio Presenter - Outro

Esther Shephard, Swale, Kent L!fe News

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December opening?)
Well lets hope for the best for the
development of the Museums Trust
project.
Those were todays top stories
Thanks for watching
Im Ben Keenan from Kent L!fe News.