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Step forward towards fabulous new school building fit for modern learning MULTI-MILLION-pound plans for a new academy in Bearsden are a step closer to construction after the terms were agreed with contractors. The new Boclair Academy will be built on the grounds of the existing school building on Inveroran Drive. Pupils will continue to take classes in current building which will be demolished after construction work is completed in summer 2022. The project will cost East Dunbartonshir...

William Howard School Thousands of children enjoyed a traditional Christmas treat with their friends to mark the end of a school year like no other. Businesses across Cumbria stepped forward to support the festive initiative to provide a free lunch with all the trimmings, hats and crackers for children at the 11 schools within Cumbria Education Trust. It meant a special coming together for children aged three to 18 at the end of a year disrupted by coronavirus. Schools were closed to all apart ...

School children across the area marked the end of term with a festive treat that they could share with all of their friends. Thousands of pupils at schools within the Cumbria Education Trust wound down the year with by tucking in to a delicious traditional Christmas feast. The 11 schools, which includes William Howard School, provided the free lunch complete with trimmings, paper hats, and Christmas crackers as a way to end the year on a positive note. Lorrayne Hughes, chief executive o...

Sarah Townsend Main contractor Wates Construction has started work on site to deliver the £21.5m leisure and community hub in Carlisle. The project will see a redevelopment and expansion of the current Sands Centre sports and entertainment venue in central Carlisle off Bridgewater Road to add almost 40,000 sq ft – more than doubling its existing footprint to 100,265 sq ft. Set across two storeys and accessed by a bespoke, internal ‘street’, the new centre will include a reception area, f...

AN important milestone has been reached in the £25m project to redevelop a sport and entertainment venue. Demolition is set to start on part of the existing Sands Centre building in Carlisle to make way for improved facilities including a new swimming pool. As part of its enabling works, Carlisle City Council and GLL, the council’s leisure provider, have put in place a temporary leisure facility at the nearby Newman’s School. This has now reopened following the recent national lockdo...