Education

Each year Manchester City Council runs its Awards for Excellence, which are designed to recognise individuals and teams who are star performers in delivering quality services to local residents.

It reveals how places where children go to get fit and active - including leisure centres, bowling alleys, ice skating rinks and park cafes "undermine the fight against childhood obesity by offering k

The National Heart Forum compared previous forecasts of obesity prevalence based on Health Survey for England (HSE) obesity data, to new updated forecasts based on data between 2000 and 2007.

Derbyshire County Council held its eighth annual Primary Catering Quality Assurance Awards and seventh annual Secondary Catering Awards to recognise top quality service provided to schools by the auth

Cram put around 150 children from 15 primary schools across the county through their paces with a short fun run at the Riverside Cricket Ground, in Chester-le-Street. They also tucked into some health

Chef Stephen Conway, from a luxury country house hotel in Melton Mowbray, was tasked with coming up with the recipes for the county's School Food Support Service (SFSS) in conjunction with EBLEX.

The kitchen will train school caterers from Cambridgeshire and neighbouring counties. It will offer a range of courses, including professional National Vocational Qualifications (NVQs) in catering.

All existing catering staff have transferred to Accent Catering under TUPE and will be provided with additional training.

This year's contestants are Lisa Barlow from Marwood Primary in Barnstaple, Liz Horgan from Cornwood Primary, Beccy Robinson from St Giles-on-the-Heath Primary and Karen Tucker from Lampard Community

Backed by Cost Sector Catering, the forum provides caterers working in the public sector with a dedicated conference and exhibition, the chance to network with colleagues in other sectors plus the pos