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serious condition.</p> <div class="Media"> </div> </div> </div> </a> <div class="clearfixNone"></div> <a class="HLine" href="/toddler/there-wasn-t-anywhere-for-parents-like-us-so-we-created-the-321303/"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-xs-4 col-sm-4 col-md-4"> <div class="VideoPlay"> <div class="VideoButton"> <i class="fa fa-play fa-lg"></i> </div> <img class="rthmb" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' viewBox='0 0 1200 825'%3E%3C/svg%3E" alt="‘There wasn’t anywhere for parents like us so we created the Play Café’" data-root="/_media/img/" data-path="QAWXXVQBC7KQ2IAV3135.jpg" data-ar="1.45"/><noscript><img src="/_media/img/120x0/QAWXXVQBC7KQ2IAV3135.jpg" alt="‘There wasn’t anywhere for parents like us so we created the Play Café’"/></noscript> </div> <div class="clearfixNone"></div> </div> <div class="col-xs-8 col-sm-8 col-md-8"> <h3>‘There wasn’t anywhere for parents like us so we created the Play Café’</h3> <p>Two best friends who spotted a gap in the market are launching a new style of “play café” to entertain children while allowing parents to relax.</p> <div class="Media"> </div> </div> </div> </a> <div class="clearfixNone"></div> <a class="HLine" href="/toddler/work-finally-to-begin-on-150k-town-centre-play-park-321032/"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-xs-4 col-sm-4 col-md-4"> <div class="VideoPlay"> <img class="rthmb" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' viewBox='0 0 1200 825'%3E%3C/svg%3E" alt="Work finally to begin on £150k town centre play park" data-root="/_media/img/" data-path="C1CDP8OBZ4J4LNJU9PXS.jpg" data-ar="1.45"/><noscript><img src="/_media/img/120x0/C1CDP8OBZ4J4LNJU9PXS.jpg" alt="Work finally to begin on £150k town centre play park"/></noscript> </div> <div class="clearfixNone"></div> </div> <div class="col-xs-8 col-sm-8 col-md-8"> <h3>Work finally to begin on £150k town centre play park</h3> <p>Construction on a much-anticipated £150,000 town centre play park is set to begin this week.</p> <div class="Media"> </div> </div> </div> </a> <div class="clearfixNone"></div> <a class="HLine" href="/toddler/chic-new-blue-look-given-to-80-000-reopened-play-park-320296/"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-xs-4 col-sm-4 col-md-4"> <div class="VideoPlay"> <img class="rthmb" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' viewBox='0 0 1200 825'%3E%3C/svg%3E" alt="Chic new blue look given to £80,000 reopened play park" data-root="/_media/img/" data-path="8IMQ5O8J2SFQ6KNAEX02.jpg" data-ar="1.45"/><noscript><img src="/_media/img/120x0/8IMQ5O8J2SFQ6KNAEX02.jpg" alt="Chic new blue look given to £80,000 reopened play park"/></noscript> </div> <div class="clearfixNone"></div> </div> <div class="col-xs-8 col-sm-8 col-md-8"> <h3>Chic new blue look given to £80,000 reopened play park</h3> <p>A children's play park overlooking a town cinema has been overhauled in a move which has seen it "revitalised".</p> <div class="Media"> </div> </div> </div> </a> <div 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