At a Cabinet meeting to be held on 9 November 2023, Warwickshire County Council will consider options which include closing Bidford, Fenny Compton, Henley, Shipston, Polesworth, Kenilworth, Wellesbourne and Gaydon fire stations. These will be turned into ‘surge’ stations required four times in every five years and the firefighters will be required to work from other stations or made redundant.

The Fire and Rescue Services Association have said that ‘local people will lose a valuable local asset with little or no gain to the area.’

The County Council representative for Avon Dassett is Councillor Chris Mills.

The village defibrillator is being serviced (7/11/2023).

Once it is back in action we will post an update.

Concessionary parking permits for those of pensionable age are now available online:

• https://www.stratford.gov.uk/online-forms/concessionary-state-pension-age-permit.cfm

In November, EKFB will be working with utility suppliers to instal a new power cable connection under the A423 Banbury Road near Southam.

To complete this, a section of the A423, near our construction area between Ladbroke and Southam, will be closed for one weekend in November. 

• A section of the A423 Banbury Road between Ladbroke and Southam will be closed from 6am on Saturday 11 November to 6am on Monday 13 November 2023.
• Following on from this, there will be temporary traffic lights on the same section of the A423 from Monday 13 November to Friday 18 November, from 8.30am to 5.30pm. 

A works notice has been published and is available to download here: 

https://assets.hs2.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Notice-of-road-closure-A423-Southam-October-2023_Final.pdf

If you have any questions regarding this work, please contact the HS2 helpdesk and we will endeavour to answer any questions as quickly as possible: email hs2enquiries@hs2.org.uk or call 08081 434 434.

One of the chosen charities for this year’s Dassett Country Show was Dogs for Good – UK and this past weekend Co-Chair Tracy presented a cheque for £750 to this incredibly worthy organisation.

Dogs For Good are currently looking for people to volunteer for 18 months to help socialise their puppies. If this is something you’d be interested in, please contact Dogs For Good directly! 🐕🐾

There will be an Xmas market at The Yew Tree on Monday 4 December from 5-8 pm. Father Christmas will also be in attendance!

COMPTON CHRONICLE – NOVEMBER EDITION

Hello everyone, the November edition of the Compton Chronicle can be found below.
Paper copies will be delivered in the coming days.

For contributors please note that the next edition is a double edition for December and January. The closing date for submissions will be 12th November latest.

https://bit.ly/CC-NOV-23

The Dassett Country Show 2024 will be held on Saturday 3rd August from 12 noon until 4pm on the Fete Field.

Fingers crossed that next year, unlike this year, the weather will be perfect!

Money has been raised for Macmillan Cancer Support throughout the year at the monthly village coffee mornings. A fabulous total of £226.35 has been raised for this worthwhile charity. Many thanks to Deb Watts who organises the coffee mornings.

A local driver has been disqualified following  a serious injury collision with a horse and rider.

The incident on 2 January 2023 saw the horse put down by a vet on the roadside in Kineton and the female rider suffering life-changing injuries.

Christopher John Wixey, 76, of Banbury St, Kineton, was disqualified from driving for 12 months, and required to take an extended test of competence before he can drive again.  He was also fined £540. He had earlier pleaded guilty.

Avon Dassett have requested the ‘pass wide and slow’ signs for Farnborough Lane but these are yet to materialise.

For more information on the Kineton case see: https://www.stratford-herald.com/news/careless-and-inconsiderate-driver-sentenced-9333114/