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prices. In conjunction with the cafe, there is a games afternoon including Scrabble, dominoes, card games, boules and other games, which start at 1pm. Library section is open as usual. All profits go towards purchasing new books for the library. NDO could allow the current owners to renovate, extend or develop the Whitburn Lodge site into something the community has voted for, by-passing the restrictions due to the car park being in the green belt. The concern is that leaving them to it would be likely to result in mass housing development of the site, with little regard for what the community wants, if the area is removed from the greenbelt once the council’s Local Plan is published (estimated 2021). The more responses obtained, the stronger the opinion will appear. Once ready for publication, an NDO will be decided via a local referendum organised by the council. The survey website address is: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/VRMWGPV . All who are interested or likely to be affected by the site are welcome to complete the survey. lighthouse-and-the-leas/ whats-on contains full descriptions of events at Souter up to Christmas 2019, giving individual contact details, specific times, advice, instructions, costs and whether booking is necessary. Whitburn Heritage Magazine, compiled and edited by Brian Hastings, is on sale in various locations round the village for £5. It is packed with articles of local interest, heart-warming memories and old photos. Thanks go to Brian for his continuous work on this publication and to all local contributors. For more information or to offer to write for the magazine, contact Brian on 0191 529 2202. Jim O’Connor wil be guest speaker when Ewesley Road Ladies’ Fellowship meets tomorrow at 7.30pm. Jim will give a talk on Dorothy’s Well Project. An Easter Craft Fair takes place on March 30 from 10am to 2pm at St Gabriel’’s Church in aid of Binky Buns Rabbit and Guinea Pig Rescue. There will be local crafts people and artisan stalls, tombola, raffle, bric-a-brac, refreshments and cakes. OnF riday, it’s Party Night at The RAOB Club, Wilson Street, Millfield,organised by St Mary Magdalene’s Church parishioners and friends.