Mayor Outlines Vision of a 'City of Sport'

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Adrian Heath: What is your assessment of the current standard of sports facilities in the Potteries?

MARK MEREDITH: Back in 2005, the Secretary of State for Sport said all local authorities face a challenge because the average age of sports facilities owned by local authorities was about 40-years- old.

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Mayor Outlines Vision of a 'City of Sport'

The average age here is a little bit newer than that, but we still face that challenge and need to improve the quality of sports provision in Stoke-on-Trent and across Staffordshire.

We need to do this in partnership with neighbouring local authorities, the county council and other local organisations, such as the Primary Care Trust.

The bar has been raised in terms of the quality of provision and that is why we need to step up as a city. We...

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