60 Second News - 01/07/09
60 Second News
Date: 1st July 2009
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Hello and welcome to 60 Second News, I’m Beverley Davies-Jones.
Tameside has celebrated it's first Building Schools for the Future turf cutting ceremony.
St Damian’s Science College in Ashton is to have a new twenty million pound building with special features including an open piazza style learning area and a theatre style lecture space, which has been inspired by the design of the Spanish Steps in Rome. It is due to open at Easter 2011.
Pupils and teachers showcased how they have achieved Healthy Schools status at a celebration event at Dukinfield Town Hall.
Seventy one Tameside schools have achieved the national accreditation, an initiative that promotes work on four key themes: physical, social and health education; healthy eating; physical activity and emotional health and well-being.
A book charting the history of Ashton Market up to the reopening last November, was launched last weekend.
Local historians Philip and David Williams have revised and completely updated their popular book “To Market, To Market” to include the story of the market’s new start following the devastation of the 2004 fire.
And finally, Hyde District Assembly has organised a free lunchtime concert at 1.00pm on Friday 3rd July at Hyde Town Hall. World class pianist Jonathan French, who grew up in Hyde, is paying tribute to his roots by returning to perform the recital.
That’s all for now, see you next week.