Sports clubs and a school say a new 3G pitch will be "huge" for their prospects. The pitch, costing more than £1m, at Farmor's School in Fairford, Gloucestershire, is expected to open later this year, ...

The decision to refuse the pitch for The Ghyll on Pevensey Road, in Southwater, was overturned at appeal on May 18.

Concerns have been raised about the use of 3G pitches after the approval of a school's million pound project. In February, plans to build a £1 million all-weather pitch at Longhill High School in ...