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<p><font size="1">London's Royal Parks, including Holland Park &
Kensington Gardens are losing out due to an anomoly which requires
the Royal Parks Agency to pay for the upkeep of roads in the parks.
Money which should properly be spent on gardening and sports facilities
is said to be being spent on fixing holes in the road.</font></p>
<p><font size="1">Labour MP and former London mayoral candidate Frank
Dobson has called on the government to change the rules.</font></p>
<p><font size="1">Mr Dobson, Labour's candidate for Mayor last year,
claimed the RPA had put aside �6million to maintain the Outer Circle
road in Regent's Park, while nearby sports pitches were being left
in a "deplorable state" due to a lack of funds. </font></p>
<p><font size="1">He claimed the budget for the road was more than
the amount left over for improvements to the rest of the park. He
added: "This is an extraordinary state of affairs. The money in
the RPA's budget should be invested in the parks and not used to
bail out the road maintenance budget." </font></p>
<p><font size="1">Today he fired off a letter of complaint to Culture
Secretary Tessa Jowell, who currently oversees the agency - next
year it will take on charitable status and move a step closer to
independence from the Government. </font></p>
<p><font size="1">Officials at the agency said a lack of Government
funding had left a huge backlog of maintenance. The body receives
�22million a year from the taxpayer, but it estimates it would need
�120 million to carry out all the works it has planned. </font></p>
<p><font size="1">A spokesman said: "We have a funding dilemma. We
are struggling to find resources to cover the infrastructure on
top of all our other projects for sport, education and the environment."
Control over the roads which run through the parks was transferred
during the Eighties from the Crown Estates Paving Commission to
the RPA, but RPA sources say no extra money was ever made available.
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<p><font size="1"> To mark National Adoption Week the Royal Borough
of Kensington and Chelsea is holding an Open Evening. </font></p>
<p><font size="1">Committee Room 2 Kensington Town Hall Hornton Street
W8 7NX.<br>
</font><font size="1">Thursday 18 October 2020 Time: 7.00 until
9.00 pm </font></p>
<p><font size="1">If you believe you are able to give a child a loving
home, then why not come along and find out more about adoption and
long-term fostering and the support available. </font></p>
<p><font size="1">Alternatively join us at Portobello Road Market
on Saturday 13 October 2020 for an informal event. For further information
or to confirm attendance contact 0800 183 2400. </font></p>
<p><font size="1">See also <a href="http://www.rbkc.gov.uk/" target="_blank"><b>Kensington
& Chelsea Council website</b></a> for information </font></p>
<p><font size="1"><b><a href="http://www.nationaladoptionweek.org/" target="_blank">National
Adoption Week website</a></b></font></p>
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<p><font size="1">The views of parents will play an important part
in the selection of designs for the new playground to be built in
Holland Park, the Council promised today. </font></p>
<p><font size="1">In a letter to this week's Kensington and Chelsea
News, Cllr. Mrs. Frances Taylor, who is leading the consultation
process, explains that the Council is making rapid progress. It
has already submitted a planning application for one set of designs
and intends to submit a number of even more ambitious plans in the
coming weeks. </font></p>
<p><font size="1">Having planning approval for more than one design
means that parents will have a real choice. There will be an exhibition
at Holland Park's Icehouse gallery to show the designs available.
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<p><font size="1">"On show we hope to have a number of designs that
are challenging, fun and fantastic to look at. "It will then be
up to parents, children and the people of Kensington and Chelsea
to let us know which one they like best. </font></p>
<p><font size="1">"We are aiming high and hoping for something quite
special. I do hope parents will get involved in helping us choose
the right design," she added. </font></p>
<p><font size="1">The exhibition of potential playgrounds will take
place in the Ice House between 17 and 24 October. </font></p>
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