St Andrew s school A PRIMARY school’s plans for a floodlit all-weather pitch has the green light despite concerns from neighbours. St Andrew’s CE Primary School in Belfast Street applied to replace its existing grass playing field with a 55×37 metre artificial grass pitch and to add a three-metre high perimeter fence and six ten-metre tall floodlights. The school want to offer the pitch for community and junior football club use outside of school hours from 5pm to 9pm on weekdays, and 9am to 6pm at weekends. Headteacher Sophie Thomas explained the school needs an all-weather pitch because it becomes waterlogged so badly PE is cancelled.
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IN October 2004, Paul Sinton-Hewitt organised a run in Bushy Park, London with 13 of his friends so they could continue their sessions together, and this was the beginning of the Park Run movement which has since overtaken the country, writes Marian Codling of Thirsk and Sowerby Harriers. Thousands of runners each Saturday, in normal times, descend on their local 5k Park Run course and have a timed run round it. These days, you have a bar code which is scanned at the finish, and results are incorporated on a central computer before being published on the website. The benefits to health are recognised, and park runs are even promoted in doctors surgeries.
Madeira Drive will continue to be available for organised events. This latest phase of work hopes to transform Madeira Drive into a space that everyone can enjoy , councillor Amy Heley, chairwoman of the council s Environment, Transport and Sustainability committee (ETS), said. Green Cllr Amy Heley who represents the Preston Park ward She also heralded the road s importance as a huge part of the city’s history and said she was delighted to see it being improved. Councillor Heley said: It’s important that cyclists and pedestrians can travel along the road safely while those who still need to use a car can continue to do so. I’m especially pleased that we’ve been able to increase the number of Blue Badge bays.