The new multiplay equipment is now being enjoyed by local younger children.

This time of year around Ascension Day has been traditionally associated with prayers for the fields and the land – it’s called rogationtide after the Latin word for prayer.

Kit Malthouse MP, Minister of State for Housing, has written to all councils along the expressway route, asking for a settlement plan for 1,000,000 new homes.

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