Drivers escaped unhurt following a crash on a suburban road which left one car in a hedge. The collision happened on Fog Lane in Didsbury on Sunday night.
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A school where students haven’t had proper sports facilities for years will finally get a brand new 3G football pitch.
Laurus Ryecroft School, based on Lumb Lane in Droylsden, has been granted permission to build an artificial grass football pitch sized 120m x 80m. The planning panel, meeting in Droylsden, was told how the proposal also includes six 18m floodlights; an equipment storage facility, a toilet block; and two lanes for cricket nets.
Ed Haslam, a director at the Laurus Trust, told the panel how the school had been struggling to find space for PE lessons in the sports hall - which is the only option when the grass pitch is unusable.
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He explained that the condition of the grass pitch gets ‘worse and worse, year on year’ and this all-weather alternative would be of huge benefit for students.
He added: “Latest figures suggest around 30 per cent of children are obese by the time they get to Year 7. This would play a part in reducing these findings.”
There were a small number of objections relating to the potential impact of the flood lights shining into their homes later at night, but planning officers deemed them too far from the homes for this to be considered as a problem worth refusing.
Coun Michael Smith lauded the plans which would be built next door to where he lives in Droylsden. He said: “This looks like a fantastic facility for the area. Living locally, I don’t see the problem with this.
“The school never causes us a problem or the traffic being mad. I think it’s a big improvement on the area for local people.”
Mr Haslam told the committee the new facility would be open for the local community to
Drivers escaped unhurt following a crash on a suburban road which left one car in a hedge. The collision happened on Fog Lane in Didsbury on Sunday night.
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