Education

The new 'Chef in Schools' programme will be launched in November across Basildon and Thurrock schools and is the first of its kind. It is about empowering children to adopt a healthy diet.

Pupils will also be able to try out another Scottish cheese from the Mull of Kintyre donated by Tesco. The event which has been organised by the school's FFAB (Food & Fitness at Balloch) Group aim

Local school children, teachers, FSA representatives and some famous faces from the world of football attended the launch at the Old Trafford stadium.

Pabulum beat off stiff competition from a number of much larger national competitors, including Eden, to secure the right to deliver its message of 'fresh food, freshly made' to over 1,000 children at

Compass will install the 70-seater Costa Coffee in the heart of the University's Central Campus which will open in time for Fresher's Week in October 2009.

Wakefield Council's Kingswood Catering are trialling Twitter as an easy way to keep in touch with parents.

The survey found nearly one in three children did under an hour of exercise a week.

The second report for the school year 2008/9 found that the fruit and vegetables supplied to schools met legal standards with regard to pesticide residues levels and that the presence of residues woul

Hampshire County Council's Catering Service (HC3S) is now able to check whether parents can claim free school meals, through a new government initiative called the 'Hub'.

Mariann Fischer Boel, Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, will fire the starting gun for a new Healthy Eating Campaign on the 28th September.