The victory by campaigners to a playing field from being turned into a car park is good (Victory In Battle To Stop Car Park, News Shopper, August 30), particularly when we hear obesity among children is increasing.

Is it the right message to send out to our children having a bigger car park is more important than a full sized playing field?

Putting more emphasis on sport in schools would go some way to tackling the couch-potato syndrome of today's children.

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