'Kids are growing up without any sports facilities': Call to fast-track pitches after new secondary school plans put 'on ice'
Desperately-needed community sports pitches should be fast-tracked after plans for the new secondary school earmarked to host them were put ‘on ice’, a council boss has said. Coun Janet Emsley, deputy leader of Rochdale council, says the local authority cannot ‘leave it to the whim’ of the government, following its decision to pause plans for the 750-place Lakeside Academy, in Littleborough.


