Junk Mail and Telemarketing Calls

Junk mail and uninvited telemarketing calls (usually received as you are about to sit down for dinner) are an increasingly unwelcome intrusion into our daily lives.

Many residents we have spoken to are not aware they can "opt out" of receiving junk mail and sales orientated phone calls by registering with the Mail Preference Service (MPS) or the Telephone Preference Service (TPS). There is even a Fax Preference Service (FPS) if you suffer from Junk Fax transmissions.

The "opt out" lists are maintained centrally under licence from Ofcom (The Office of Communications) who will fine or even prosecute companies who continually fail to respect the wishes of those who have chosen to register.

Registration on any of the lists is free of charge and can be done simply over the internet.

For further information (or to register) please click on the following links:

Telephone Preference Service (TPS): click HERE

Mail Preference Service (MPS): click HERE

Fax Preference Service (FPS): click HERE

Petition to support A&E Facilities at Maidstone Hospital

The Conservative Parliamentary Spokesman for Chatham & Aylesford, Tracey Crouch, is promoting a petition to Gordon Brown calling on him to support the retention of Accident and Emergency facilities at Maidstone Hospital.

For further information about the petition, and to add your own name, follow this link: http://traceycrouch.blogspot.com/2007/07/sign-petition-to-save-maidstone.html