Motcombe Primary School spearheads a community campaign to tackle vehicle idling in the village.

The school and local residents are concerned about emission rates, particularly at peak times at the beginning and end of the school day.
And to raise awareness this month they have been handing out information, holding an assembly and displaying a banner at the centre of the village, to encourage people to turn off their engines.

Headteacher Matt Barge said: “We’re hoping that by highlighting the issues this causes they will think again.”
Parish councillor Many Mason added: “The campaign is all about informing people of the negative consequences of leaving a car idling, especially outside school.
“We enlisted the children to let parents and carers know things such as letting your car idle for only one minute each day on the school run generates enough harmful gases to fill 150 balloons.
“As you can imagine they’ve been very enthusiastic at getting this message across!”.