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Ö÷²¥´óÐã Children's presenters Sonali Shah from Newsround, Helen Skelton from Blue Peter and Alex Winter from CBeebies visited the building at MediaCityUK yesterday, Wednesday 24 March, which will be the new home of Ö÷²¥´óÐã Children's from 2011.

The visit was held to mark the handing over by developers Peel Media to the Ö÷²¥´óÐã of the final two Ö÷²¥´óÐã buildings at MediaCityUK – on time and on budget. The Children's presenters joined Peter Salmon, Director Ö÷²¥´óÐã North, and Joe Godwin, Director Ö÷²¥´óÐã Children's, for a look round their new home.

Peter Salmon said: "This marks another important milestone on the journey to our exciting new home in the north and I am very pleased that the buildings have been handed over, on time and on budget, for the internal fit-out ready for operational use from around the middle of next year."

Sinead Greenaway, Chief Executive of Peel Media, said: "Today's handover to the Ö÷²¥´óÐã is the latest of many significant deadlines for MediaCityUK as we build towards completion of phase one in 2011. We look forward to delivering our shared ambitions with the Ö÷²¥´óÐã of creative excellence, innovation and tangible benefits for the North of England and the wider UK media sectors."

Justin Fletcher, CBeebies' 'Mr Tumble', also visited the site on Tuesday.

The Ö÷²¥´óÐã last month launched a Ö÷²¥´óÐã North jobs website: www.bbc.co.uk/jobs/north.

Ö÷²¥´óÐã Manchester Press Office