http://www.leisureopportunities.co.uk/Leisure Opportunities: News and Jobs for the leisure industryen-us© Copyright 2005, The Leisure Media Co Ltd. All Rights Reserved.Sunday 01 August 2010Sunday 01 August 2010Leisure Opportunities: Leisure jobs60http://www.leisureopportunities.co.uk/LOemail/images/rssheader.gifhttp://www.leisureopportunities.co.uk/ http://www.leisureopportunities.co.uk/LOemail/wider_newsdetail.cfm?codeID=206693 http://www.leisureopportunities.co.uk/LOemail/wider_newsdetail.cfm?codeID=206693A derelict lock that has been unused for more than 40 years has been reopened in East London.29 Jul 2010 http://www.leisureopportunities.co.uk/LOemail/wider_newsdetail.cfm?codeID=206683 http://www.leisureopportunities.co.uk/LOemail/wider_newsdetail.cfm?codeID=206683A new interactive audio tour has been launched to guide visitors through a section of Offa's Dyke in the Clwydian Range Area of Outstanding National Beauty.29 Jul 2010 http://www.leisureopportunities.co.uk/LOemail/wider_newsdetail.cfm?codeID=206673 http://www.leisureopportunities.co.uk/LOemail/wider_newsdetail.cfm?codeID=206673Argyll and Bute Council (ABC) has announced that it has secured funding towards the development of cycling and walking schemes across the west Scottish region.29 Jul 2010 http://www.leisureopportunities.co.uk/LOemail/wider_newsdetail.cfm?codeID=206623 http://www.leisureopportunities.co.uk/LOemail/wider_newsdetail.cfm?codeID=206623British Waterways (BW) has been awarded £100,000 by Oxfordshire County Council towards a £115,000 project to improve the Oxford Canal towpath in Jericho.29 Jul 2010 http://www.leisureopportunities.co.uk/LOemail/wider_newsdetail.cfm?codeID=206613 http://www.leisureopportunities.co.uk/LOemail/wider_newsdetail.cfm?codeID=206613A new footpath and cycleway could be created along Swansea's waterfront under plans for a £1.3m programme of improvements due to be considered by the local authority.29 Jul 2010 http://www.leisureopportunities.co.uk/LOemail/wider_newsdetail.cfm?codeID=206583 http://www.leisureopportunities.co.uk/LOemail/wider_newsdetail.cfm?codeID=206583Clwyd West assembly member (AM) Darren Millar has called for the Countryside Council for Wales and the Welsh Assembly Government to consider designating the Clwydian Range as a National Park.29 Jul 2010 http://www.leisureopportunities.co.uk/LOemail/wider_newsdetail.cfm?codeID=206473 http://www.leisureopportunities.co.uk/LOemail/wider_newsdetail.cfm?codeID=206473Norfolk County Council (NCC) and the Borough Council of Kings Lynn and West Norfolk (KLWN) have received £550,000 of European funding to help restore the Gaywood River Valley.28 Jul 2010 http://www.leisureopportunities.co.uk/LOemail/wider_newsdetail.cfm?codeID=206323 http://www.leisureopportunities.co.uk/LOemail/wider_newsdetail.cfm?codeID=206323The Scottish Campaign for National Parks (SCNP) has lodged a formal objection to the finalised draft of the Cairngorms Local Plan, on the grounds that it fails to address local affordable housing needs. 28 Jul 2010 http://www.leisureopportunities.co.uk/LOemail/wider_newsdetail.cfm?codeID=206273 http://www.leisureopportunities.co.uk/LOemail/wider_newsdetail.cfm?codeID=206273An independent public inquiry will be held to determine the fate of a bid to have Branksome Recreation Ground in Poole, Dorset, designated as a town green.28 Jul 2010 http://www.leisureopportunities.co.uk/LOemail/wider_newsdetail.cfm?codeID=206243 http://www.leisureopportunities.co.uk/LOemail/wider_newsdetail.cfm?codeID=206243Badly damaged moors within the Peak District and South Pennine moors between Manchester and Sheffield are to receive a makeover thanks to a £5.5m investment by the European Union.28 Jul 2010