South Oxfordshire
Cineworld in Didcot finally opened its doors to the public on May 4th.
One of the first films to be shown will be Spiderman 3, which opens on the same day.
The £4.5m five-screen Cineworld cinema will be welcomed by locals after a long wait for the promised attraction to the town.
For information on what’s showing and to book tickets, call 0871 220 8000 or go to the Didcot Cineworld web page.
Police and road safety officers from Oxfordshire County Council will target speeding motorists at a known accident blackspot in Didcot on Friday, 4 May from 9am.
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The Hagbourne Fun Run is on the 7th May, starting at 11am in the East Hagbourne Village Hall.
Following the encouraging response to the Group Against Reservoir Development (GARD) presentation at Steventon in February, GARD is planning a series of further presentations in other local communities. The first will be at Blewbury Village hall on Thursday 24th May 2007 at 7.30pm.
Blewbury Church of England Endowed School is celebrating the three hundredth anniversary of its foundation this year.
Blewbury Church of England Endowed School, the local primary school for Upton children, is celebrating the three hundredth anniversary of its foundation this year.
Please note that the Parish Council will again be organising an annual litter pick.
Following a decision by the SODC cabinet before Christmas, a report has been accepted that includes a suggestion for a new road around the south of Didcot.
This road would run from the A417, between Didcot and East and West Hagbourne, across the B4016 New Road across the Didcot to Paddington railway line to the east of Didcot, and linking eventually with the A4130 at Hadden Hill.
You can find more information on the East Hagbourne village web site – including discussion letters, an article in the Oxford Mail, a letter from SODC, and a map showing the suggested route.
Julian May, from SODC, writes: “The three councils have not yet decided to prepare any Transport Plan or Local Development Document (local plan) containing the transport proposals put forward by Halcrow. It would take several years for these planning processes to be completed and public consultations on details would take place at key stages of this work.”
Didcot’s cinema moved closer to completion this week, after South Oxfordshire District Council officially transferred the building shell to cinema operator Cineworld, to start fitting out the inside in early January.
The external shell of the building, started by Britannia Construction back in May, is now virtually complete, allowing the next phase of fitting out the inside to begin. Cineworld has also appointed Britannia for this stage of building work, which includes installing the seating, projection equipment and café furniture, and providing the internal lighting, power supplies, and wall, floor and ceiling finishes. The Council expects the work to finish in late April 2007, and anticipates the cinema being open by early May 2007.
Local residents can look forward to seeing a wide range of films, whilst enjoying revolutionary designed luxury seating and a state of the art sound system. There will be over 900 seats spread across five different sized screen auditoria, seating between 120 and 260 people.
Meanwhile South Oxfordshire District Council has given the go ahead for the Didcot Arts Centre, with construction expected to last around 60 weeks. The Council expects the arts centre to be open in 2008.
The plan includes a multipurpose auditorium for drama, music and dance, with seating for up to 290 people; four multipurpose arts education spaces; a visual art exhibition space; and a café/bar; associated accommodation includes dressing rooms, green room, scenery and technical stores, public foyer, box office and office space for arts centre staff.
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