OAKLEY Woodlands Group work parties are planned for Cowdown Copse on Wednesday, November 12.

The work starts at 10am and ends at 1pm, and refreshments and tools will be provided.

On Saturday, November 15, the Andover Road Village Hall committee is holding a jumble sale in East Oakley Village Hall.

Donations of jumble, bric-a-brac and prizes for the tombola and raffle would be most welcome, as would offers of help during the sale. Please call 781424 or 782110.

BRING-AND-BUY sale: Oakley Methodist Church is hosting a bring-and-buy sale in support of Naomi House Children's Hospice on Saturday, November 15, from 10am until noon.

DOCTORS surgery to close! But don't panic, it's only on Saturday mornings. Due to the new contracts for general practitioners, surgeries no longer have to open on Saturdays, so Hantsdoc will offer cover for these hours as it already does for the rest of the out-of-hours period.

Overton surgery will also be closed on Saturday mornings from now on, so if you need urgent medical attention outside of surgery times, please call Hantsdoc on 01189 365592.

PARISH council: The next meeting will be on Thursday, November 13, at St Leonard's Centre. The public session starts at 7.50pm followed by the parish council meeting at 8pm.

The agenda will be on the village noticeboards.