GARDENING club: Meets at the Village Club at 7.30pm on Thursday, December 7.

The speaker is Carol Watson, who will talk about "My wild Alpine flower collection".

JACK and the Beanstalk: The Busy Bees' annual pantomime is at Kingsclere Primary School on Friday, December 8, at 6.30pm.

Admission is £6 per adult and £4 per child.

FLOODING: The late fall of leaves this year and the very heavy rains over the weekend have led to a number of flooding problems, with Union Lane having to be closed for a time.

This will be discussed between the parish and borough councils, but people can help by clearing drains which become blocked with leaves and reporting any seriously-blocked drains to the parish office on 298634.