Southampton Labour are calling for more action on building play areas in the city. There has been a resident-run local campaign for a new play area on Freemantle Common, Peartree, for over 5 years. Labour's John Denham MP and Councillor Darren Paffey have supported the campaign for a play area in Freemantle Common and are disappointed with the lack of action from the Tories on Southampton Cit...

The mighty Shrews have beaten Dagenham & Redbridge to enter the League 2 play-offs. All that stands between Shrewsbury Town and a return to League 2 is a couple of games. At the start of the season it looked like they had promotion in the bag, then it all went a bit iffy before finally scraping back

Like many children growing up I spent many a long day (always, to my memory, in the sun) playing games in and around our back yard in Walsall. In common with our closest friends and neighbours we didnt have lots of money so we had to make our own entertainment. The games we decided to play often...

Education Secretary Michael Russell says computer games can play a key role in encouraging children's learning.

Warning: long, geeky post ahead. Also contains mild spoilers for the Call of Duty games. Slavoj Zizek has a penchant for military PC games, as he noted in a Guardian piece when asked about guilty pleasures back in 2007. (The...

Much talk of games from politicians today. In truth, however, there is little that is light or leisurely in the Government Expenditure and Revenue Scotland statistics for 2006/07. Nationalists said the figures added up to "game, set and match" for the economics of independence. Labour declined to play "statistical ping pong" with the SNP, while asserting once more that Scotland gains from the UK. ...

Attempts elsewhere to play political power games seemed somehow anachronistic.

Havel's new absurdist tragicomedy, "Leaving" - his first play since 1988 - depicts a womanizing former political leader who grudgingly confronts the political wilderness. The play will have its foreign premiere in London in September.

Boston Red Sox slugger Manny Ramirez apparently has great faith in the success of the surge. Look at this press conference brilliance: I don't care where I play. I can even play in Iraq if need be. My job is to play baseball." If this latest from Ramirez comes as even a remote surprise to you, you're probably not a baseball fan.

Government guidelines for the management of school play times encourage schools to facilitate aerobic activities engaging students in mutually participative but limited contact game orientated play. WHICH MEANS? Send them outside to play tag! This is a joke by the way. Sorry that I have to say this but too many people were taking it seriously!