March 26, 2001 12:52: VILLAGERS concerned about crime will have a chance to talk to their local officer at special police surgeries coming up.

PC Tracey Mears will be touring Cobham, Shorne and Higham on March 31 and April 1 in a Crime Prevention bus and she is inviting residents to go along and ask her questions.

The bus will be in the Meadow Rooms car park in Cobham from 11am to 1pm and then in the layby in Jaylors Lane (the School Lane end) in Higham from 2pm to 4pm on March 31.

If you are a Shorne resident, the bus will be in the village hall car park in The Street from 10am to noon on April 1.

For more information, call Gravesend Police Station on 01474 331055.