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OliverDeparts 5 February 2009
See an exciting new Oliver, and Rowan Atkinson as Fagin in Cameron Mackintosh's triumphant new
staging of Lionel Bart's masterpiece "OLIVER!" at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane. Oliver is one of the
most beloved British musicals, vividly bringing to life Dickens' timeless characters with
its ever-popular story of the boy who asked for more.
Grease
Piccadilly Theatre London
Departs 4 December 2008
�55.00
Lion King
Lyceum Theatre London
Departs 4 December 2008
�60.00
Wallace Smith as `Simba' and Kissy Simmons as
`Nala' from the 2007 Broadway Company by
Lois Greenfield.
�62.00
Councillors vote no
to wind farm plansCONTROVERSIAL plans
for a wind farm have
suffered a major setback
after councillors voted
unanimously for them to
be turned down.
The proposal by npower ren-
ewables is to build eight turbines
at the former wartime airfield at
Cotton Farm near Graveley.
The turbines could produce
enough electricity to supply the
average annual needs of around
6,900 to 10,000 homes.
However may residents have
been angered by the plans, fear-
ing the turbines would be too
close to homes, create noise poll-
ution and have a visual impact
on the area.
Npower renewables says the
proposed green energy source
would help meet UK Government
targets of supplying 15 per cent
of the country's electricity from
renewable sources by 2015, and
the UK's share of the European
Union's target to source 20 per
cent of energy from renewable
sources by 2020.
However campaigners against
the proposals were delighted
when South Cambridgeshire
District Council's planning
committee decided to rec-
ommend the plans for rejection
on Wednesday last week.
The recommendation will now
be passed on to Huntingdonshire
District Council which will
consider it as part of the
consultation process on the
application and which will make
the final decision on the matter.
Bev Gray, chairman of the
Cotton Farm Action Group
which opposes the plans, said:
"This is excellent news coming
on the back of recommended
refusals from all five parish
councils that have been
consulted on the wind turbines:
Toseland, Graveley, Great
Paxton, the Offords and Yelling.
All parish councils also voted
unanimously."
Mr Gray added: "Strong and
widespread opposition to
npower's scheme continues to
build � not only are statutory
consultees firmly rejecting the
wind turbines, but local people
have to too."
BY SSuuzzaann UUzzeell
Email: editorial@stneotsweeklynews.co.uk
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Mums-to-be set to
join Pudsey's appeal
EXPECTING and new mothers
are supporting the BBC's Children
in Need appeal with a best dressed
teddy bear contest and a bring-
and-buy cake stall today.
The St Neots and District
National Childbirth Trust (NCT)
Bumps and Babes group will hold
the event between 10am and noon.
Melanie Lawson, co-ordinator of
the group, said: "As new mums we
all have a heightened awareness of
the needs of children and this
seemed a great way for us to help
other families and have some fun
at the same time."
The activities will take place
during the group's normal session
in the hall, which is attached to St
Mary's Church in Eaton Socon.
All pregnant mums and those
caring for pre-walking babies are
welcome to attend. The group
moved to a larger venue in May
and has recently secured financial
support from the Eatons
Children's Centre.
The group meets every
Thursday morning in the hall
from 10am until noon. There is a
charge of �1 per family which
includes coffee and biscuits.
Thieves steal
back wheel
THIEVES made off with a
car's back wheel.
The car, a Vauxhall Vectra
was left jacked up after the
theft which took place in
Howitts Gardens, in
Eynesbury, St Neots, on a
forecourt between a garage
and the road.
The theft is thought to have
occurred between 5.30pm on
Sunday and 7.15am on
Monday.
Anyone with information is
asked to contact the CIMU at
March police station on 0845
4564564 or Crimestoppers,
anonymously, on 0800 555111.

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