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USEFUL NUMBERS Hampton Vale Community Centre

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IN THIS ISSUE COMMUNITY NEWS

Welcome to the March issue of the Hampton Gazette.

4 - 11

Spring is finally on its way with the longer days and lighter evenings for us all to enjoy. Plus we have Mother’s Day and Easter to look forward to.

Round-up of local events and wildlife feature on the urban fox

SPORT

As usual we have loads of great local news in this issue; it’s fantastic to live in such a community-spirited area with so much happening all the time.

12 - 13 Sport in your community, plus information on Love to Ride UK

Please keep sending in all your photos and local news. The Hampton Gazette is your local magazine and you never know, your image could be gracing a future issue’s front cover.

YOUNG GAZETTE

16 - 21

Local schools update, puzzles, Streetwise and more!

Don’t forget to mention the Gazette when responding to our advertisers.

Without them we could not bring you this great magazine, so please support all these fantastic, local companies.

PETS

23 Getting the best insurance deal for your pet

Until next month...

THEATRE

24 COVER STORY

W NOFAST! BOOK TS SELLING TICKE

Discover some of the best shows currently on at The Key Theatre

FOOD & DRINK

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Hampton has been used as a model

by Natural England to inspire other developers with what can be achieved for nature.

Farida Waris is on a mission to provide the best home-cooked Indian food!

HOME & GARDEN

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Catch up on the latest news and read the latest edition of the Hampton Gazette

It might still be wintry, but it’s time to start working on the garden

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The Hampton Gazette is sourced & published independently by a local Hampton resident, and is not part of any large organisation or society. Views and opinions written in this magazine may not necessarily reflect those of the publisher. The Hampton Gazette cannot be held responsible for unsolicited material. All artwork and design is the copyright of its respective owner. Reproduction of any part of this publication is strictly prohibited unless prior written consent is given by the publishers.

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Hampton’s newest estate agency is going from strength to strength. Delivering competitive rates and first class service, Regal Park brings customers 25 years of local property market experience.

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Director James Trigg told the Gazette: “Buying or selling your home is such an important time, and we’re delighted to have so many happy customers after our first year in business.

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“I think our success is due to our competitive fees, and we also include free 3D floor plans as standard, which are brilliant for helping buyers visualise the properties they view online.

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“Our highly experienced team also keeps customers up-todate at every stage using SMS text and e-mail updates.

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“We’re based in Hampton, which is a hub of activity with so many new properties and a growing population, although our expertise extends to the rest of Peterborough and surrounding areas too.

“It’s been a fantastic first year. As well as selling lots of properties we’ve also worked in partnership with both Barratt Homes and Persimmon, which has been very exciting – and we’re looking forward to an even better year in 2015!”

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“Having used Regal Park to market our property we cannot recommend them highly enough. Their attention to detail and customer service has been exceptional. They not only introduced a large number of potential buyers but they were always on hand and happy to provide extremely useful advice.”

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“I found Regal Park estate agents to be very honest, efficient and easy to deal with. The Regal Park team were totally supportive, proactive with a ‘Can do’ attitude – brilliant. Everything happened efficiently with no time wasting. The negotiation process was fantastic and we achieved the price we wanted. The whole experience was great – honest, friendly and efficient.

“I would like to say a huge thank you for all your help and support with selling my flat in Hampton, Peterborough. The service you have provided has been impeccable.”

Miss Neal “I just wanted to take a minute to get in touch following a successful completion on my house sale on Friday. I can’t thank you enough for the service you have provided from the very initial meeting for the valuation right through to the end. Your service is fantastic and I can’t recommend you enough. Calls, text messaging and emails at every step of the way really put me at ease that everything was in hand. You both have been a real pleasure to deal with.”

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COMMUNITY NEWS Christ the Servant King

The Parish Church of Hampton We’re in the season of Lent, the 40-day period that began on Ash Wednesday, 18 February, and continues through until Easter. Often people give something up for Lent. At CSK Church we’re not giving something up this Lent, we’re taking something up: we’re counting our blessings and going to bless individuals in our community through acts of kindness and people further away through the Christian Aid charity www.christianaid.org.uk/lent

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If you would like to join us at any of these events and need help getting to church, please contact our church office, open on Monday and Thursday mornings, 01733 248236, and we will do our best to try and provide you with a lift.

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Hampton Health National No Smoking Day

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Now stocking a wide variety of health aid vitamins. We now stock the full range of health aid vitamins comprising vitamins, minerals, herbal supplements, essential aromatherapy oils and natural body, beauty and skincare products. The extensive range offers nutritional solutions to meet the demands of a modern, hectic lifestyle.

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Wednesday 11 March is the national No Smoking Day, which helps millions of people make a quit attempt each year.

If you would really like to stop, but find it hard to, there are more ways than ever to quit, with lots of support available from the surgery and local pharmacies. And also email and text support, and free local NHS stop smoking services online, on Facebook and over the phone.

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A super start to the year!

We welcomed six guests to our first meeting in January and I think it’s fair to say that they enjoyed learning how to make Sugarcraft roses.

The results were stunning and many of our members are now very keen to try it again.

February saw us welcome even more new ladies and we all had the chance to be creative again, making 40s/50s vintage-style fascinators. While we were all given the same design instructions, there were so many individual interpretations and colour schemes. We plan to use these in our vintage makeovers next month.

■ 20 minutes your blood pressure and pulse return to normal ■ 8 hours nicotine and carbon monoxide levels in your blood are halved ■ 24 hours carbon monoxide will be eliminated from your body and your lungs will have started to clear out tar

We’ve also had two great girlie nights out and a fantastic get together at Mattoni in January. We’ve only just got over our, now yearly, tradition, of Pudding Night, where we sampled some delicious homemade puddings... lots of them!

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Urban fox facts

There are indeed foxes in Hampton. I witnessed two recently; one on the Tesco roundabout sitting observing the passing traffic and the other brazenly walking alongside the road near Royce House, in Hargate. They are attractive animals in appearance but perhaps there are mixed feelings about their activities as ‘urban’ foxes. In the open countryside they run free but many see them around houses as vermin but they have never been classified as such by government.

Foxes are not afforded protection from human control measures, however, the law prevents the use of poisons or illegal traps and it is illegal to shoot them in urban areas.

Foxes are territorial and have self-regulating populations: if one fox is removed from a territory another will soon fill its place, and if numbers drop then they will breed to replace the numbers lost after the previous breeding season. Within their territory they will either scavenge or hunt. Urban foxes are just as adept at hunting as their country cousins and will catch mice, rats, voles, rabbits and birds, with their characteristic high pounce. They will also take advantage of any other food available such as larvae, worms, insects and fallen fruit, although research shows that 95% of a fox’s diet consists of meat.

and the third is food. There is plenty of that in Hampton as well, either scavenged or hunted.

I imagine though that with secure ‘Happy Harry’ bins, and heavy duty refuse/recycling bins, there isn’t a great deal of opportunity for scavenging.

A fox has three basic requirements, the first being a secure den, known as an ‘earth’. In urban areas this could be an overgrown garden, the base of a shed or an embankment. In London, research has shown that 75 per cent of fox cubs are born beneath garden sheds. In such areas their territory may consist of between 80 to 120 gardens.

As the cubs grow the fox family needs to split

Winter is the breeding season for foxes and it may be possible to hear their high pitched, shrieking/screaming mating calls, which can sound quite eerie. It is at this time of year that they court and mate, with the cubs being born in the early spring. The male will support the vixen (female) by bringing food for both her and the cubs. At four weeks the cubs emerge from the den to begin exploring their new world.

One of the more interesting features of foxes is that they have whiskers on their wrists as well as around their faces. They use them as feelers to help them move around in the dark more efficiently. The whiskers also help them to sense what is around them, and this coupled with keen eyesight makes them highly effective hunters.

due to the competition for food, and the cubs will move to find their own area. This isn’t as difficult as it may sound because apparently over half the fox population dies each year.

A fox’s second requirement is water, which is obviously in abundance around Hampton,

by Lakota (Lover of Nature)

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Another community team effort, spearheaded by Safe Local Trades

• Clean, relaxed atmosphere in Hampton Centre • For carers and their babies aged 6 weeks to sitting

DIY SOS answered for Dementia Centre

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Safe Local Trades volunteers answer ‘DIY SOS’ for resource centre garden revamp.

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Volunteers from Safe Local Trades in Peterborough joined forces in their own DIY SOS-style transformation project for the city’s newly opened Dementia Resource Centre.

The facility on Lincoln Road opened its door last September, providing a hub for dementia support; offering information, advice, activity groups and training for carers.

But it was when the centre appealed for help in transforming a patch of wasteland into a community garden – where patients and groups can plant flowers and grow vegetables – that Safe Local Trades came to the rescue.

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Following an appeal to members by Safe Local Trades director Eileen Le Voi, free materials and labour by generous volunteers have led to the revamping of the area to create a calming and relaxing space.

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Among those offering their help were Travis Perkins in Ivatt Way, Peterborough – who provided all the building materials free of charge.

The design and transformation of the garden was thanks to Safe Local Trades’ landscape experts, members Oakfield UK and Style Home Improvements.

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Safe Local Trades director Eileen Le Voi, who co-ordinated the project, said: “These generous members had no hesitation in offering their services, skills and time to this remarkable and very worthwhile project – I can’t thank them enough.

“The end result looks wonderful and we all hope that the patients and activity groups using the garden will get enormous pleasure from it.”

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Rob Henchy, interim commissioning manager, Adult Social Care, Peterborough City Council said: “This act of kindness and generosity, reminiscent of the BBC’s DIY SOS programme, is thanks to individuals from Oakfield UK for excavating the land and from Style Home Improvements for laying the paving slabs, and of course to Travis Perkins for donating the materials for the ground works.

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“A huge thank you from everyone at the Dementia Resource Centre to you all and especially to Eileen Le Voi from Safe Local Trades Peterborough for making this happen.”

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As the Dementia Resource Centre were so grateful, they erected a plaque on the wall thanking Safe Local Trades and their members for donating their time and labour.

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Fast Cars, Botox and designer handbags So what happens during the course of divorce proceedings when a financial settlement is being explored and you suddenly discover that savings, or other family investments, have been plundered by your estranged husband or wife in order to fund a lavish life style?

Examples could include:

Drugs/alcohol misuse Expensive Cars Plastic Surgery Gambling Lavish Holidays Extravagent gifts to children/ family members/new partners The Court will look carefully at the nature of the expenditure and the question that will be asked is whether the spending is reckless or wanton. If this is found to be the case, then inevitably the expenditure that has taken place will be added back into the matrimonial asset pot available for division, to compensate the other party. Through a reattribution of assets, the Court is simply making an adjustment to the financial award that prevents one party from being prejudiced by the misconduct of another.

If you are going through a divorce and any of the above may apply to you, it is important to obtain legal advice from a Family Lawyer to ensure that you don’t lose out.

For more information see the Belinda Smith & Co website www.bscosolicitors.co.uk and Peterborough Collaborative Family Lawyers at www.pcflg.co.uk.

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During the first week in May, Hampton Parish Council are co-ordinating a range of events to commemorate the 70th anniversary of VE Day.

Monday 4 May Hampton Seniors are hosting a Vintage Afternoon Tea Party at CSK Church, Hampton. (Ticket only).

Friday 8 May Victory Supper and Dance at the Hampton Vale Community Centre. (Ticket only).

Saturday/Sunday 9-10 May VE Day Weekend at the HCSA including family funfair and entertainment (open to all Hampton residents)

Sunday 10 May (afternoon) Service of Commemoration at the Centenary Memorial Garden, followed by refreshments at CSK Church (open to all Hampton residents).

Full details will be published on the Hampton noticeboards, the Parish Council website: hamptonpc.org.uk and Hampton Parish Council Facebook pages.

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ActiveHampton HCSA announce new plans ‘It’s all about the community’ – that’s the message from the area’s leading sports charity, the HCSA, as they announce new plans

Hampton Cricket Club NatWest Cricket Force will be descending on 27-28 March to help the club with a number of jobs. A litter-pick of the local area is also being organised and all volunteers are welcome. If you have some handy skills or just want to pitch in please visit the website at hamptoncc.org for times and locations.

Under 13s coaching will be returning to the club in the summer after the success of last year. If you would like to pre-register your child please email Andy McIntyre at andymcintyre88@fsmail.net. With the continued support of Hampton Parish Council the club aims to keep this free of charge and hope to see the numbers swell once the warmer weather returns.

Winter nets continue every Friday evening 7-9pm at the Nene Park Academy for just £4 a session. More new faces are always welcome, so come along and join the fun.

Hampton Community & Sports Association has announced plans to hold a number of community events and establish new groups at its Beaumont Way base in Hampton Hargate later this year.

The award-winning sports charity, which prides itself in providing sporting opportunities and facilities for disability groups, is eager for the residents of Hampton to be a part of the projects.

Among the plans are: VE Day celebrations and a Community Games day that will incorporate the official opening of the Skate-park, which is set to be built in the coming weeks.

Chas Ryan, chairman, of the HCSA told the Gazette: “There are some great days being planned. None more so than the VE Day celebrations and a fantastic

plan for the Community Games. The committee felt that we needed to improve on the events aspects of our work over at the centre and I’m sure these annual day events will provide us all with some lovely family and community orientated days. We are only a small committee but that really has not stopped big things being achieved with the help of some other fantastic local groups.”

The HCSA charity has been a pivotal part of an anti-social project, which in partnership with Cambridgeshire Police, has seen a big drop in antisocial behaviour figures in the area.

The charity has also beaten off some fantastic competition to be a finalist in Peterborough City Council’s first-ever Civic Award scheme (winners not yet announced at the time of print).

(Pictured above is the Head Junior Coach Andy For more information on the HCSA or to book the facilities you can visit McIntyre working hard on the new square). www.hcsabookings.co.uk Embankment Road, Peterborough PE1 1EF Key.theatre@vivacity-peterborough.com 01733 207239 vivacity-peterborough.com

Back to Netball Taster Sessions Hampton Netball Club now offer a range of Netball Taster Sessions.

Have you not played since school, do you fancy dusting those trainers off… have you recently moved to the area and are looking to meet people and learn a new sport? Then why not give netball a go.

Places are restricited so please book early.

Netball is a great team sport and the Hampton Netball Club has grown over the last few years.

There are five adult teams and four junior teams; one of the adult teams was formed following the taster sessions the club ran last year. The club is extremely proud of what has been achieved over the years, so why not come along and see what’s on offer?

Session Dates: Saturday 21 March Saturday 18 April Location – HCSA, Beaumont Way, Hampton Hargate (Outdoor Courts) Times: 10-11.30am FREE To book your place on these sessions please email Tracey on ineedacard13@gmail.com or text to 07565 551386 12 Hampton Gazette March 15 .indd 12

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In 2015, Love to Ride, CTC and Cyclescheme will invite 20,000 businesses to take part in the first National Workplace Cycle Challenge. The Love to Ride Challenge will be a competition between organisations across the UK to see who can get the most staff to try riding a bike.

The National Workplace Cycle Challenge will run from 8-28 June and will be a major annual event in the cycling calendar. The aim is to get as many people as possible to ride a bike and log their trip during the Challenge period. Organisations will compete on local and national league tables to see who can get the highest proportion of their staff to ride for 10 minutes.

They will be able to compete between offices in different locations around the UK and against similarly sized companies. It’s free for organisations and individuals to take part. There are six size categories for organisations and a range of individual and team prizes.

Local Authorities can sign up to support and boost participation in their area, whatever budget they have to promote cycling. The organisers want every LA to be able to join in and have drawn up a range of options from fully bespoke programmes to a Freemium package with no frills.

Love to Ride have run Workplace Cycle Challenges on three continents and engaged 110,000 people. Over the last 12 years they have developed a unique behaviour change model and accompanying website and mobile app.

Cyclescheme started nine years ago and has provided over 450,000 bicycles to commuters through a tax-free benefit scheme.

For details of how to register and get involved go to the website www.lovetoride.net

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Schools

Little Acorns We have been very busy over the last couple of months. We have celebrated Chinese New Year and Valentine’s Day, making flowers out of handprints for our loved ones. We also learnt the story of Hansel and Gretel.

The children have been making the most of the recent weather and decided that they wanted to all build ‘Olaf’ snowmen from Frozen. This was a lot of fun.

This month our children have been reading Captain Underpants and Aliens in Underpants, doing some fun activities which we are displaying on our story board including their own paper underpants. They have been learning rhyming words and learning alliteration. The children also took a trip to the local library for story time.

If you would like to enquire about our Nursery please contact us on: 01733 244000 or visit www.littleacorns-daynursery.co.uk.

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Hampton College (Primary Phase)

We have had a busy spring term so far. From a Valentine’s disco and Bingo Night with The Friends, to class swap afternoons in school, there’s been lots going on to keep us on our toes!

Another half term has passed and the good news is that spring is just around the corner.

We are very much looking forward to the warmer weather and lighter mornings and evenings at Hampton College.

Starting with our ECO News; in January we had an Eco Schools assessor in school. The assessor met with the Eco warriors, Bike it Crew and Green Ambassadors to see what work we have done over the past 2 years. The assessor was very happy with the work the whole school has been carrying out with regards to Eco-related issues and awarded us our Green Flag again.

Our first half term after Christmas saw our first significant snowfall since we opened and allowed our children (and staff ) to get out and enjoy themselves on the carpet of white which swept across our playground and field. For some children it was their first real experience of snow and for reception was a fitting conclusion to their topic of ‘The Powerful Winter Sun’, which has also allowed the ‘Frozen’ experience to be embraced and enjoyed for another year! Following the snow morning, we came back into the warmth of the school building for hot chocolate and snack, which the children thoroughly enjoyed after the freezing temperatures outside.

In sports news, our Year 5s enjoyed their trip to Hampton College recently when they took part in a basketball and netball tournament. They played really well and came back with two trophies! Meanwhile the football team have been enjoying success in their recent matches and are now through to the Posh Community Cup Final! Well done all!

We were very lucky to have an artist visit our school in February. Michael Taylor spent the week with the children and used a ‘Lake’ theme to teach all classes painting and drawing skills. Each year group had a subtheme and they made a stunning display with some of the finished work.

In Lego news – The Darminions went to the First Lego League UK finals at Loughborough University recently where they scooped up the Team Spirit award. Well done to the Darminions!

And finally, our newly refurbished woodland themed library is now open for business. The children have been enjoying the new seating areas – particularly the toadstools!

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As mentioned in the last edition we have also established our Friends of Hampton College PTA and our first event, our Valentine’s Disco, was a sell out and the enthusiasm and excitement of the children could be heard around the corridors of the school for weeks beforehand. Love was certainly in the air in reception during the week running up to the Disco as they made heart art posters, biscuits and Valentine’s cards to embrace the loving feeling.

Year 1 and year 2 have been looking at their new topic ‘Our city of Peterborough’ and have embraced the topic by exploring what Peterborough has to offer by making their own advertising posters for our city. They have also been developing their creative and artistic skills through the medium of drawing. The corridors have become a homage to pencil artwork through mirrored self-portraits, pencil drawings of steam trains on the Nene Valley Railway and recently architecturally accurate reproductions of Hampton Housing. This was all rounded off with the children designing their own streets for a model township similar to Hampton.

What a busy term it has been already!

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Presents

Elves & the Shoemaker Sunday 29 March at 12.15pm, 2pm & 4pm

After the sell-out successes of Ugly Duckling and Three Little Pigs, and the TV adaptations for CBeebies, Northern Ballet will be presenting their latest ballet for children, Elves & the Shoemaker, at the Key Theatre in March.

A poor and kind-hearted shoemaker receives some much-needed help when his last piece of leather is transformed into the most magnificent pair of shoes overnight. He discovers that not only are the shoes beautiful; they are also magical. Who is the mysterious maker of these marvellous shoes?

Retelling the famous Brothers Grimm story, Elves & the Shoemaker is the perfect opportunity to introduce your little ones to live ballet, music and theatre.

These child friendly performances will last approximately 40 minutes.

Tickets: £10, £7.50 under 16s and £32 family ticket (inc fees)

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Hampton Tiddlers Hampton Tiddlers is a stay and play non-profit group run by volunteer mums aimed at children aged 0 to 5 years and their carers. Tiddlers was founded on 28 May 2014 following the closure of Hampton Children’s Centre. The group provides a safe and fun place for children to play, learn and develop, and for their carers to meet other likeminded people. There is a small charge of £1 per family to cover the running costs of the group, i.e. insurance, materials for craft activities, healthy snacks, etc.

Hampton Tiddlers has been very popular since the beginning. The average attendance is 15 adults plus children, and at busy times it can be around 25 adults plus. It is great to see familiar faces return and new faces joining too.

Please join the Facebook group, Hampton Tiddlers, to keep informed about what’s going on.

Session times: Every Monday 10am-12pm ; fun craft activities, free pla y and healthy snacks Every Thursday 2-4pm; free play and healthy snacks. Songbirds alternate Thursdays Location: Tesco Community Room, Serpentine Green Shopping Centre, Hampto n

Tesco is a great supporter of the group, providing the room free of charge. The Past activities have included a trip to Whipsnade Tiddlers also have support from various sources including the Hampton Gazette.

Zoo, Halloween and Christmas parties, plus PCVS (Peterborough Council for Voluntary Family First Aid Training for parents and carers.

Service), who fund all the volunteers’ DBS There are also free taster sessions, for example checks and provide guidance. City College Natalie Pope provided a glimpse of her preschool Fun & Fit sessions; Sharon Simmons did a provides free training to volunteers and to WiggleWaggle dancing session; Clair Sanderson the group. Over Christmas local businesses and parents donated toys and raffle prizes led Farm to Fork activities in Tesco; while Anita and helped to sell raffle tickets to raise funds Ribbons demonstrated Baby Massage with her for the group. The Tiddlers are extremely company, Finding My Feet. grateful for all the support.

Upcoming activities include more Family First Aid Training for parents and carers, Chinese New A big well done to all the volunteers who have given their time and energy to run the Year and Easter activities and a taster session group while looking after their own children. with Moo Music.

Hampton Tiddlers are currently in need of more volunteers as one volunteer has just had a baby and two more are pregnant with babies due any day! If you are interested in volunteering please contact the Hampton Tiddlers via the Facebook page. Thank you.

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Sudoko Jokes Q. Why did Tigger look down the toilet?

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6 March Comedy/SciFi/ Fantasy

After being kidnapped by two criminals during birth, Chappie becomes the adopted son in a strange and dysfunctional family. Chappie is preternaturally gifted, one of a kind, a prodigy.

He also happens to be a robot.

Cinderella

27 March Family SciFi/Fantasy The story of Cinderella follows the fortunes of young Ella (Lily James) whose merchant father remarries following the death of her mother. Eager to support her loving father, Ella welcomes her new stepmother (Cate Blanchett) and her daughters Anastasia (Holliday Grainger) and Drisella (Sophie McShera) into the family home. But, when Ella’s father unexpectedly passes away, she finds herself at the mercy of a jealous and cruel new family.

Suite Francaise 15 13 March Drama/Romance In 1940, a French woman who plays the piano falls for the German soldier staying at her home while her husband is out on the front lines.

Home (3D) 20 March Animation

When Earth is taken over by the overly-confident Boov, an alien race in search of a new place to call home, all humans are promptly relocated. Boov get busy reorganizing the planet.

But Tip (Rihanna) manages to avoid capture, and finds herself the accidental accomplice of a banished Boov named Oh (Jim Parsons). The two fugitives embark on the road trip of a lifetime.

Insurgent

Insurgent, the next gripping action-adventure in the blockbuster 20 March Divergent franchise, raises the stakes for Tris as she searches for Action/Adventure/ allies and answers in the dystopian ruins of a futuristic Chicago.

SciFi/Fantasy Tris (Shailene Woodley) and Four (Theo James) are now fugitives on the run, hunted by Jeanine (Kate Winslet), the leader of the power-hungry Erudite elite. Racing against time, they must find out what Tris’s family sacrificed their lives to protect, and why the Erudite leaders will do anything to stop them. Haunted by her past choices but desperate to protect the ones she loves, Tris, with Four at her side, faces one impossible challenge after another as they unlock the truth about the past and ultimately the future of their world.

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27 March Comedy When an innocent, rich, white collar guy is wrongly given a jail sentence, he pays his car wash guy to show him how to be prepared for prison.

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Oddworld: New ‘n’ Tasty March 2015 (Xbox One, PS3)

This reincarnation of the classic platform adventure game Abe’s Oddysee places players in the strange Oddworld. Players returning to the Oddworld are in for a surprise, as this adventure with Abe totally reboots the classic first chapter of the franchise with unique and surprising new content!

In Oddworld: Abe’s Oddysee, players take control of Abe, an incredibly ugly, yet strangely compelling Mudokon slave. He and his fellow Mudokons have been forced to work in the meat packing plant Rupture Farms, which specializes in driving species to extinction. Abe discovers Rupture’s next meat speciality is his own race of Mudokons and it’s up to him to escape from the farm, rescuing as many of his fellow Mudokons as possible. Abe’s Oddysee uses many platform elements, along with puzzles and communication. Abe can speak to the other Mudokons and must if you want to finish the game; his friends must follow him to portals, where they are rescued.

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Anna has dog lovers in and around the area who open their homes to dogs while their owners are away. The dogs are treated like one of the family; they love the attention of having someone with them most of the day and enjoy lovely long walks. The phrase ‘they didn’t want to come home’ has cropped up regularly in feedback emails.

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Pet Insurance Getting the best deal for you & your pet As pet owners we never want to have to make a decision on treatment for our furry family members based on cost, we want to do what is going to be best for them. However this can often be expensive, for example a broken leg can cost over £2,000 to fix, or a lifelong condition such as diabetes or a heart problem cost over £60 per month for treatment.

For many of us these kinds of costs would be difficult to cope with (and they certainly put our own free healthcare in perspective), however sometimes families have no alternative but to make heartbreaking decisions about their pets, that they would otherwise not choose because of the financial implications.

Here are a few other things you may want to ask when looking for the best price and cover for your pet:

This is where pet insurance comes in and is why vets tend to encourage you to have your pet covered. But beware, not all pet insurance is equal and if you don’t know to ask the right questions you could have a nasty surprise when you come to claim.

n Many policies on the market offer cover only for a limited amount of time and only a single ‘pot of money’ from which to claim. Will the policy cover your pet if it contracts an ongoing illness, and will the policy cover your pet’s treatment for life?

The cost of pet insurance will obviously vary dependant on the type of pet you have, as well as things like its breed and age. Much like car insurance, the range of things covered by pet insurance can also differ, making a policy that looked like a good deal based on its cost per month, a bad deal when for example your pet’s emergency treatment costs £2,000, but the policy limit (even for an accident) is a lot lower than this. and benefit from a 10% INTRODUCTORY DAY DISCOUNT! Call 0844 921 0221 GET A QUOTE TO

n Furthermore, if your pet is unlucky enough to suffer from multiple unrelated conditions in the same year, will you be able to claim on each separately? Ask if the policy’s claim limits apply to each unrelated condition and if they recharge every year? n You should also ask what the excess for any policy would be, as most vets will need this paid at time of treatment.

Pet insurance is a great way to protect you and your pet from the unforeseen future, ensuring that the funds are available to treat them should they need it. Most local vets will be more than happy to advise you on a quality pet insurance provider so call or pop in for a chat.

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THEATRE

Westwood Musical Society

‘Raise Your Voice’ ‘Bless Our Show’ ‘Spread the Love’ and feel ‘Fabulous’ at Sister Act!

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11 – 16 March 2015

John Shuttleworth – A Wee Ken to Remember

Wednesday 11 March at 8pm. MAIN HOUSE. Tickets: £17 (inc. fees).

A hilarious new show from ‘The king of retro and old-school England’.

Lucy Beaumont – We can Twerk it out

Westwood Musical Society are delighted to present Sister Act in April. As a society they have been performing in Peterborough for over 40 years and are still going strong!

Previous successful productions include Sweet Charity, Singing in the Rain, Oliver and Beauty and the Beast, and this year’s show is going to be bigger and better than ever! This year’s show is directed by Monique Benoiton, and the Society are thrilled to have Andrew Brown back as Musical Director.

Sister Act is the feel-amazing musical comedy. It tells the hilarious story of Deloris Van Cartier, a wannabe diva whose life takes a surprising turn when she witnesses a crime and the cops hide her in the last place anyone would think to look – a convent! Under the suspicious watch of Mother Superior, Deloris helps her fellow sisters find their voices as she unexpectedly rediscovers her own. A sparkling tribute to the universal power of friendship, Sister Act is reason to REJOICE! As an amateur society Westwood Musical Society really appreciate all the support from the local community and hope that you will support them and most importantly enjoy the show. Who knows, you might even want to join in next year!

The show runs from Tuesday 14 April up to and including Saturday 18 April with a matinee performance on the Saturday afternoon.

Wednesday 11 March at 8.30pm. STUDIO. Tickets: £11 (inc. fees).

Spend an hour in Lucy’s universe on the North-east coast.

Count Arthur Strong – Somebody Up There Licks Me!

Thursday 12 March at 8pm. MAIN HOUSE. Tickets: £18.50, £16.50 concs (inc. fees).

Count Arthur Strong gets back to doing what he does best. This show.

Reduced Shakespeare Company in The History of Comedy (abridged) Friday 13 March at 8pm. MAIN HOUSE. Tickets: £17, £15 concessions (inc. fees).

From the high-brow to the low, this show covers comedy through the ages.

Mitch Benn – Don’t believe a Word

Friday 13 March at 8.30pm. STUDIO. Tickets: £11, £9 concessions (inc. fees).

With amusing consequences and of course a few songs along the way.

Little Howard’s Big Show for Kids

Saturday 14 March at 4pm. MAIN HOUSE. Tickets: £8, £7 concessions (inc. fees).

Little Howard celebrates his 6th birthday (for the tenth year in a row)!

Andrew Lawrence – Reasons To Kill Yourself

Saturday 14 March at 8.30pm. STUDIO. Tickets: £13, £11 concessions (inc. fees).

Come and laugh in his stupid face at his disappointing life and amusing thoughts

Alexis Dubus - Cars and Girls

Monday 16 March at 7.30pm. STUDIO. Tickets: £9 (inc. fees).

Contains traces of UFOs, truckers, bean festivals and the Dutch.

Marcel Lucont

Monday 16 March at 9pm. STUDIO. Tickets: £9 (inc. fees).

A modern man’s majestic musings on mortality, morality and masculinity Marcel and Alexis will perform as a double bill – both shows for just £13 (inc. fees).

Tickets are on sale now from the Key Theatre box office: T: 01733 207 239. vivacity-peterborough.com

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FOOD & DRINK

Home-cooked Indian food... the easy way!

Hampton-based Farida Waris is on a mission to provide local residents with the very best home-cooked Indian food, with no hassle. Every weekend her business, Tiffins 4 U, offers an exciting menu of Kashmir-inspired dishes, all home-cooked, ready to be collected or delivered direct to your door.

The Gazette caught up with Farida to talk about the inspiration behind her business. “Being from an Asian background, food was always a central point within the family environment,” explains Farida. “From a young age I took an interest in the Kashmir food that was cooked within my household.”

As she matured as a chef, Farida found that her cooking was becoming something of a talking point. Friends would tell her how much they had enjoyed the meals she shared with them, commenting on the wonderful and different dishes she had cooked. And before long they were suggesting she should think about cooking professionally.

Farida took the plunge in 2008 and started a business providing dishes for corporate functions, parties and business meetings. Quickly gaining a reputation for her delicious menus, Farida found she was being approached after events by individuals wanting to experience the same quality of Kashmiri cooking back in the comfort of their own homes.

So last year she decided to grow the business further and offer her services to Hampton residents. And Tiffins 4 U was born. An instant success, the business has gone from strength to strength, with further expansion now on the cards.

Farida explains, “The inspiration for Tiffins 4 U comes from my Asian heritage. A tiffin box is a traditional three-tier lunch-box, designed to transport home-cooked food door to door.”

Drawing from global recipes, Farida fills each tiffin compartment with tasty dishes of your choice, and delivers it to your home in her dazzling tiffin boxes.

Once you have unwrapped your box, it is perfect to share with friends and loved ones, or to enjoy all to yourself, safe in the knowledge that you are eating a healthy balanced meal, with an emphasis on home cooked, fresh meals.

This year Farida is looking to grow further, expanding into a commercial kitchen, running seven days a week, and providing quality homemade fresh food.

As Farida says: “No matter how small or how big your order is we can cater for all your needs. From parties to corporate functions, Tiffins 4 U will be there to provide you with whatever your palette requires.

“It’s simple! If you don’t want to cook, let me cook for you!”

After chatting with Farida, with the gorgeous cooking smells wafting all around us, we couldn’t resist trying out a tiffin box for ourselves. From her ever-changing menu, Farida quickly packaged up a mouth-watering box featuring chicken jalfrezi with pilau rice as the main, and a range of starters including spicy poppadom, meat samosa, meat spring roll and vegetable pakoras. One word: delicious!

You can contact Farida on 07531 005996. And find the latest weekly menus on Facebook, Tiffins 4 U.

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HOME & GARDEN

Love your lawn this year GreenThumb, the UKs leading lawn treatment service, has a new and knowledgeable team looking after lawns in the Peterborough area.

Sisters Sarah and Jo Parish took over the GreenThumb business in August 2014 and are still busy getting to know hundreds of existing customers in the area. Both come from horticultural and agricultural backgrounds and have two experienced lawn care technicians, Jim and Simon, working with them.

GreenThumb treatments are wide ranging and cover everything from regular feed and weedkill treatments to pest and disease control and tackling the causes of moss. Treatments start from just £15 a quarter depending on lawn size and takes away all the stress and hassle of doing it yourself. GreenThumb even offers full direct debit programmes for ultimate convenience.

Here are Sarah’s top tips for spring: • Go careful on your first cut – raise the height of your first cut to just ‘top’ the grass – too low will stress the grass just when it needs encouraging.

• Check your blade is sharp – blunt blades shred the grass and don’t give a clean cut. This may cause a brown, bruised appearance and can lead to the onset of disease.

• Not too short... or too long – never cut less than 25mm (1”). Mowing little and often is by far the best.

Go careful on your first cut – raise the height of your first cut to just ‘top’ the grass – too low w ill stress the grass just when it need s encouraging.

• Look out for irregular, sickly looking patches – leatherjackets can devastate a lawn as they chomp through the roots. If you suspect a problem, give GreenThumb a call.

• Lawns don’t like shade – border plants, shrubs and trees all have a habit of encroaching on the lawn and denying it light... time to get the secateurs out!

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New partnership for

NATURE

Your guide to

Living in Hampton

Hampton has been designed to be a home to nature as well as to people

Hampton’s past, present and future as a home for nature has been confirmed through a new partnership dedicated to putting nature at the heart of quality of life.

Great crested newt

Working for wildlife Photo by Todd Pierson

O&H Hampton has just become a founder member of Natural Cambridgeshire – a group of leaders from businesses, local authorities, the health sector, farming, wildlife and environmental charities.

The partners are pledging to bring their skills and influence to: ■ Create living landscapes, through safeguarding existing wildlife sites and ambitious programmes to recover landscapes and species

The Hamptons East

■ Promote local food and farming, encouraging the best stewardship of agricultural land ■ Build better places to live, through high quality housing that is ‘alive with green space and wildlife’ ■ Create healthy communities, by giving people opportunities to enjoy the natural world.

Natural fit O&H’s involvement is a natural fit for an organisation which was cited by Natural England as an example to other developers of how nature can be successfully integrated into new communities.

Meanwhile O&H Hampton will also continue to practice what it preaches to others as work starts in The Hamptons East. The plans envisage enhancing the existing lakes and opening up Teardrop Lake for boating and swimming from a shallow beach. Stanground Lode is to form a green backbone through the development, enhanced with footpaths, spinneys and log bridges, while a major new country park will wrap around homes.

This emphasis on putting nature at the heart of The Hamptons is also reflected in the numbers: the four new villages of Hampton Beach, Hampton Gardens, Hampton Woods and Hampton Water will comprise 90 hectares of land, set in 185 hectares of parks and lakeland.

Its masterplan for The Hamptons sets out an overall vision for 54 per cent of open space, parks, lakes and nature reserve, woven through and around 24 per cent housing and 22 per cent commercial and retail space.

As one of the developers currently on board with Natural Cambridgeshire, O&H will have a role in helping to create a toolkit for other housing and commercial developers and local authorities – designed to help them add value to their investments by integrating nature into their plans from the outset.

“We are delighted to be a part of an initiative working to ensure Peterborough and Cambridgeshire have the highest quality of life through placing nature at the heart of the agenda,” said O&H Hampton general manager Roger Tallowin. “We believe that for any community to prosper people need a high quality environment in which nature thrives alongside jobs and housing.”

Among the many Hampton success stories is the thriving population of protected great crested newts – believed to be amongst the largest in Europe.

Creating a home for them – and many other rare and protected species – involved O&H in moving a staggering 24,000 adult great crested newts, 9,000 smooth newts, 20,000 adult common toads, 1,000 adult common frogs and 66,000 young amphibians.

The most recent survey of Hampton Nature Reserve, which is now designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest, is that the adult newt population has since burgeoned from 24,000 to 35,000.

Over on the Hamptons East, a survey by the charity Buglife has shown a specially created field site is now one of the UK’s most northerly locations for the nationally scarce black-headed mason wasp.

Said Roger: “Across The Hamptons there are many examples of what can be achieved for people and wildlife when a developer is in it for the long-term. Not just building houses but working with the community to create a place where people will want to make a long future.

“We hope our experience will help to influence other developers and help Natural Cambridgeshire deliver its ambitious vision for creating high quality, sustainable communities for everyone.”

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Utilise Your Strengths

By Tony Larkins Business Trainers employ their skills to help others perform better.

They do this by analysing their subject and working out how to improve their weaknesses so that they offer all round improvement.

At Beacon, we see a problem with the above scenario. Some people are just not good at something no matter how hard they try. For example, I am no good at learning languages; it would be far more productive for me to stick to what I am good at and employ an interpreter who would bring that specific skill set.

Investments are similar. We regularly compare our portfolios to see why we are outperforming major investment houses. One reason is their reluctance to change their investment approach.

A company of our size is nimble and quickly able to change investment direction. We also know our researchers are great at researching, whilst our investment team are good at investing, and our advisers are good at advising.

These are three distinctive jobs by three groups of people, all excellent at what they do. They do not do all three and keep training on their weakest area.

Our portfolios include individual funds that have had good double digit returns, but it is the fusion of the different funds that creates the stability of average risk return. General interest rates and inflation remain low which makes our returns of 10.9%, 20.3%, 35.7%* (as of 31/01/2015) for our fund on one, three and five years, look particularly attractive. Our average risk ethical portfolio yielded attractive returns as well, of 9.1%, 21.6% and 41.3%* (as of 31/01/2015).

Discretionary powers have enabled funds to be replaced at will, and usually without cost. If you are disappointed by returns, ask your adviser whether they do everything themselves, use a pre-chosen portfolio of funds, or have full fund choice.

You should utilise your strengths with the power of choice.

*Past performance is no guarantee of future returns.

You should always seek qualified advice from an IFA. preferably a Certified (CFP) or Chartered Financial PlannerCM (APFS). If you have a financial question, please email: tlarkins@beaconwealth.co.uk

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HOME & GARDEN

Your March garden Even though the weather can still be wintry, it’s time to start working in the garden.

• As temperatures begin to warm and plants emerge from dormancy, slowly remove protective mulches. Beware of removing mulches too soon since hard freezes are still possible.

• Transplant roses, shrubs and ornamental trees before the leaf buds open.

• • Walking on wet soil will cause it to compact.

So after the spring thaw wait until the ground dries to start working in your flower and vegetable beds.

• Apply slow release fertilizer to shrubs and perennials.

• Plant parsley in your herb garden.

• Get your lawn mower ready for the growing season. Replace the spark plugs, clean the air filter, remove grass and debris clogging the fins of the engine cover, and take it in to a small engine repair shop to have the blade sharpened and balanced.

It is important that your greenhouse is properly ventilated during early spring when fluctuating temperatures are common. Open the windows on mild days and close them before nightfall.

To repair bare spots in lawns combine five shovels of sand, one shovel of sterilized topsoil, one shovel of grass seed and one cup of slow release fertilizer. Cover bare spots with this mixture, tamp down and water.

• Transplant and divide snowdrops (galanthus) and snowflakes (leucojum) after the flowers fade, but the foliage is still green.

• Clean water features and fountains.

Make sure pumps and lights are working properly. Remove leaf guards.

• Feed peonies with a low nitrogen fertilizer when they are about 2-3 inches tall.

• Check your compost pile. Turn it every two weeks and keep it moist, but not wet.

• Most perennials bloom for a two to four week period. When adding new perennials to your garden go for those that have great foliage as well as blooms or extend the flowering time by choosing a mix of early-, mid- and lateblooming varieties.

• Set up an outdoor thermometer and a rain gauge. Keep a journal of the weather and when plants start to bloom.

• Order bulbs such as crocosmia, eucomis, gloriosa, kniphofia and lycoris for interesting summer bloom.

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The Marriott boasts a stunning pool surrounded by relaxing loungers, where you order food from our delicious poolside menu. There is also a baby pool whent the little ones can safely play.

If you are looking to get fit then look no further than our gymnasium, using our top of the range resistance and cardiovascular equipment.

Not only are there the pool and gym, there is also a spa bath, steam room, sauna, solarium, beauty and hair salon.

Our friendly and professional staff are always on hand to cater for your every need.

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HEALTH & BEAUTY

New Spa Treatments from Kristin Mohn

Lashes that last

Known for beauty, holistic and massage treatments in Hampton Vale, Kristin Mohn has announced some wonderful new spa treatments.

Specialising in only semi permanent make-up and lashes, Janette’s Lashes has built up a wealth of knowledge and techniques to carry out a personalised treatment for clients.

Deliciously Decadent Chocolate Body Wrap:

Chocolatey indulgence that actually boosts health and wellbeing. Dry body brushing gets rid of any build-up of dry skin, leaving your skin silky smooth and ready for the treatment wrap. You will then be covered in a Cocoa Bean Wrap, full of anti-ageing vitamins B and E, antioxidants and energising minerals magnesium and zinc. Leaving the wrap to work In the Yaxley-based clinic, Janette stocks lashes of all thicknesses, curl into your skin, while you are snug in a cocoon you will have a head, face and length to ensure that eyes look their best for up to and neck massage. After the wrap has been wiped off, you will have four weeks. a full body massage with warm Vanilla, Cocoa and Almond Oil. At the LVL Lashes is a lift that will give you the look of extensions but uses your end of this treatment, your skin will feel wonderfully smooth, soft and own lashes. And it lasts up to 6-8 weeks. plump – with an incredible lingering aroma. (90mins £45) Before After Spring into Summer Body Scrub and Massage Choose between Deliciously Decadent Chocolate and Vanilla or Mandarin and Neroli.

A beautiful full body scrub exfoliates the skin while adding nutrients and balancing oils. This is followed by a full body massage, using pure vital oils with stunning aromas. Pure luxury for your skin, pure pleasure and relaxation for your body and mind. (60mins £35)

Semi permanent make-up is the placing of pigment under the facial skin to enhance or replace eyebrows and to create eyeliner or lip liner which will stay put. Again, Janette is keen to tailor each treatment to the client’s needs. She offers a free consultation where clients can find out more.

Please see advert on page 30.

All products used are free from chemicals, and contain only the best natural ingredients and oils.

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HEALTH & BEAUTY

Silhouette soft non-surgical facelift

Hair 2015

TRENDS&TRICKS

The Cosmetic Clinic’s tailor made procedure to lift all areas of the face, jowls, neck, etc.

Whether embellished, slicked back, pulled high and tight or worn down in loose waves, the hairstyles on the spring runways all had one thing in common: serious length. Start growing out your bobs and lobs because long hair is back and it’s cooler than ever.

The dissolvable threads are made of polylactic acid, which is completely biogdegradable, and act on the deeper layers of the skin to naturally stimulate the body so that it produces its own collagen.

This action, which continues over time, apparently helps increase the volume of saggy areas and restore shapeliness to the face gradually and naturally. It’s an extremely safe and effective technique to redefine the faces of patients looking for ways to combat sagging jowls and loss of volume in the cheek area – but who don’t want surgery.

THE NEW CRIM

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Hairstylist Eugene Souleiman did the impossible backstage at Stella McCartney: He created a crimped style that’s actually cool (not in a funny, throwback way), sleek and wearable. The secret is to only crimp the very top layer of hair in random sections as the minute you crimp the layers underneath, the hair gets too big and you get that ‘80s thing, then pull it all into a tight, low ponytail.

It produces an extremely natural-looking result and leaves the face completely mobile, which is very important in achieving the discreet effect of this unique anti-ageing procedure.

The Silhouette Soft threadlift should only be undertaken by a doctor or surgeon.

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Miss Butt opened her first clinic 18 years ago and is a consultant surgeon who is highly qualified and exceptionally experienced in all her aesthetic procedures.

Want hair as slick and smooth as it gets, without looking at all greasy or oily. The trick? Hairspray and a Kabuki brush!

Hairspray works just like gel, only it doesn’t flake or give that wet look. You can spray it on a makeup brush and use it to brush flyaways back for the latest sleekest looks.

For more information or to book a consultation with Miss Butt please contact the Peterborough clinic on 01733 310090 or King’s Lynn clinic on 01553 692531.

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Mobile hair stylist A friendly and professional hairdressing service in the comfort of your own home.

I specialise in weddings and packages are available.

Unisex Hairdresser accommodating all ages with over ten years’ experience

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WE SELL A BIT OF EVERYTHING... ...not just car spares!

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WEDNESDAY

Hargate Pre-school 8.40-11.40am 12.10-3.10pm. Hampton Family Centre

Early Years Parent Workshop Stay and Play. Parent Led 10-11.30pm, 1-2pm. The Hampton Family Centre.

Booking required T: 01733 893361

Vale Community Pre-School 8:4511:45am term time. Hampton Vale Community Centre. T: 07834 366845 Silver Hill Community Pre-school 9am-12noon term time in the CSK Church Hampton Centre. Nicole. 07818567584 MONDAY Hampton Mobile Library 9.30-9.55am Hampton Primary School Yoga Hampton Primary School.

Level 1 – 6.45-8pm, 12-week course prebooked. Jivamukti Open – 8.15-9.30pm Intermediates pre-booked T: 01223 237948 Yaxley Runners Meet every Monday (except Bank Holidays). Meet at the Sports Facility, Beaumont Way, Hargate. 6.30pm.

5 Malting Square, Broadway Shopping Centre, Yaxley PE7 3JJ

T: 01733 243096 E: yaxleyconveniencestore@btconnect.com

Hampton Mini Movers parent and toddler group. 1.15-2.45pm (term time). Hampton Vale Community Centre. Contact Rachael.

T: 07983 421139 Hampton Tiddlers Stay and Play Session 0-5 years fun craft activities, 10am-12pm Tesco Community Room at Serpentine Green Shopping Centre Prenatal Yoga 1-2pm. The Hampton Family Centre. Booking required please call Brian on 01733 244642

Thinking of holding a function?

The Venue is perfect for any occasion!

Weddings, business meetings, family parties, exercise classes and more!

For more information or to book The Venue please call Paul Hunter on 01733 566709

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TUESDAY Child Health Clinic 1.30-3pm at The Hampton Family Centre.

Hampton Hatchlings 12.15-1.15pm. Advice and support on breastfeeding. Hampton Children’s Centre, 01733 893369 Yoga Basics Hampton Vale Community centre. Basics/beginners 1.15-2.30pm 4 week course pre-booked. T: 01223 237948 info@santoshayoga.co.uk Hampton Ladies’ Netball 7.30-9pm. Squad training night at Hampton Sports Centre.

E: rachdavis74@gmail.com Hampton Mobile Library 11.20am12.10pm. Hampton Vale, Eagle Way (near children’s play area).

Hampton Mobile Library 5.306.30pm. Hampton Hargate, Silver Hill.

Brownies 6.15pm. Hargate School.

Hampton Sports and Activities Club 1.15-3.15pm. Vale Community Centre. All are welcome.

THURSDAY Prenatal Yoga 2-3.15pm.

The Hampton Family Centre Beaver Scouts 6-7pm Hampton Hargate Community Room www.17thnene.co.uk Cub Scouts 6-7.15pm (Baden Pack) Hampton Vale Primary School Cub Scouts 7.15-8.30pm (Powell Pack) Hampton Vale Primary School Hampton Parish Council 7.15-9.15pm. First Thursday of every month. Hampton Sports Community Room, Hampton Children’s Centre T: 01733 893369 Stay and Play Lunch Club 12-1.30pm.

Hampton Community Centre. 50p.

Limited places, please call to book 01733 893361 Hampton Tiddlers Stay and Play Session 0-5 years. Different activities.

Every other Thursday we have Songbirds (nursery rhymes, signing) 2pm-4pm. Tesco Community Room at Serpentine Green Shopping Centre FRIDAY Baby Massage 10.30-11.30am. The Hampton Family Centre.

0-12months. T: 01733 893369 Dance and Movement 1-2pm. The Hampton Family Centre. Booking required. T: 01733 893361

Hampton Amateur Dramatics Group.

7.30pm. Community Room.

Cub Scouts Friday Afternoon. 3.30-5pm.

Hampton Vale Primary School www.17thnene.co.uk

Scouts 7.30-9.00pm. Hampton Vale Primary School. www.17thnene.co.uk

SUNDAY

Hampton Table Tennis Club 7-10pm.

Hampton Vivacity Leisure Centre. Anyone and everyone is welcome to drop in and try their hand, be they novices or potential league players. We cater for all (though not yet juniors). First session FREE. £5 per session thereafter.

Christ the Servant King Church Service. 10am. CSK Silver Hill Hampton Community Church 6-7pm. Hampton Community Centre, Hampton Vale (opposite OneStop).

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15 Ma Collection 1

choose any 2 x 12” pizzas includes create your own up to 3 toppings!

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SAVE £10.50

Meal for 1

SAVE £6.20

Party Meal

£15

Collection only

Mega Deal Any desert (exc ice cream) Any size pizza Any side Any 500ml bottle

£16 SAVE £13.80

Meal for 2 2 x 9” pizzas 2 x side 1 x garden salad 1 x 1.5 ltr drink

£19

SAVE £4.20

£13

1 x 9” pizza 1 x side 1 x side salad 1 x 500ml drink

SAVE £20.30

£33

4 x 15” pizza 1 x 1.5 ltr drink

SAVE £11.80

Pizza Pasta Meal 1 x 12” pizza 1 x pasta 2 x sides 1 x garden salad 1 x 1.5 ltr drink

£19

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