GREAT Binfields Primary School's Christmas fayre: Opens at 4pm on Friday, December 10, and it promises to provide you with plenty to see and do until 6pm.

A fayre, of course, wouldn't be a proper fayre without a raffle, and at this one you'll have the chance of winning an LCD televison!

WHAT'S on at Christ Church, Reading Road: On Wednesday, the Fellowship Group meets again at 9.45am.

On Wednesday, December 15, an event is being held entitled "The business of Christmas", tailored for people working at Chineham Business Park and others involved in the business world.

It begins at 12.30pm and will be followed by refreshments at 1.15pm.

For more information about these events, please contact Ruth Randall on 474280, or e-mail cchurch@surfaid.org

PARISH council meeting: The next one is on Monday.

Issues to be discussed include the parish precept, which impacts on the level of council tax paid by Chineham residents.

Should you require an agenda or other information, please contact the clerk on 474500.

CLOSING: If you haven't yet heard, Three Balloons Playgroup is, sadly, closing down.

As such, it would like to invite past and present staff and pupils to attend its final Christmas nativity on Friday, December 17, at 11am.