I WAS delighted that Barrow Council submitted their bid to the Government s Levelling Up Fund last week. The scheme is ambitious and much needed. It includes exciting plans to transform the market hall, opening it up, and providing a shared entrance with the Forum. There will be a new soft play area for families, a food hall, and new units to help establish and grow incubator businesses. A Pocket Park will lead from the back of the covered market to Dalton Road, to encourage an increase in footfall and help to get our High Street and retail economy back on its feet.
With Nepal in the grip of a second wave of coronavirus, primary school children in Stevenage have written to their MP or the prime minister, imploring them to step in and help.
Boris Johnson unveils new aid for girls education during visit to Ferryhill school
The Prime Minister visited children at Cleves Cross Primary School on Thursday
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Boris Johnson was in County Durham for a live classroom link-up with schoolchildren in Kenya to urge world leaders to invest in education.
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World leaders were urged to prioritise education in post-Covid recovery efforts and support a UN-backed fund that seeks $5 billion over the next five years to strengthen learning systems for children in the developing world.
The message of support for the Global Partnership For Education came during a virtual call between UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, GPE chairwoman and former Australian premier Julia Gillard, and Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta.
1/3 President Uhuru Kenyatta and UK Prime Minister @BorisJohnson have rallied the world s richest nations to support the Global Partnership for Education (GPE) initiative which seeks to raise 5 billion USD for the education of children in low income countries. #RaiseYourHandpic.twitter.com/aRd7sj4MX5 State House Kenya (@StateHouseKenya)