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Pupils are urged to pedal to school
Pupils are being encouraged to adopt a healthier lifestyle by cycling to school and using new bike sheds.
Latimer Arts College in Barton Seagrave recently finished the refurbishment of its cycle storage area to offer students and staff somewhere to safely park their bikes.
The school is now urging people to take advantage of the new facility and cycle to school.
Principal Siobhan Hearne said: "We are delighted with this new facility and would like to thank Northamptonshire County Council's Transport Plan adviser, Vic Marks, for his support and our own site team for working so hard on its installation.
"Our previous storage area had become dated, was not secure and was in desperate need of improving.
"Our students deserved better and this is what they now have.
"We hope that many more pupils and staff will cycle to school in the future."
The new cycle sheds were opened last week.
The new unit will provide more storage spaces for bicycles than used to be on offer for pupils.
As part of the school's travel plan, which has been created in collaboration with Mr Marks, the college successfully applied for a grant from Sustrans.
The group is the UK's leading sustainable transport charity and works to reduce the environmental impact of transport and helps to provide car-free alternatives for people.
We are calling on readers to get healthy as part of the Evening
Telegraph's Fit For Life campaign to boost the fitness of county residents.
The campaign is a drive to get more people eating healthily, doing regular exercise and making positive changes to their lifestyles.
This doesn't have to mean joining a gym and can be something as simple as cycling to school or ditching takeaways.
It can all have a significant impact on your health.
Through the Fit for Life campaign, we want to help Northamptonshire win a 1m grant from Sport England for new sports facilities.
The county will win the cash if it can increase the number of people doing exercise by 21,000 by October.
Over the next 10 months the Evening Telegraph will be running special
reports and promotions to help people get fit and healthy.
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