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A new study published in medical journal The Lancet has claimed that sedentary
lifestyles and a lack of
physical exercise are responsible for 5.3 million deaths - just as many as
smoking - throughout the world.
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18 Jul 2012
Waverley Borough Council (WBC) has announced that a new £6m facility in
Godalming, Surrey, is to open its doors "well ahead of the planned schedule" on
30 July.
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21 Jun 2012
Ian Taylor, a two-time Olympic field hockey medallist for Great Britain, has
been appointed chief executive officer of the sector skills council for sport
and active leisure, SkillsActive.
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17 May 2012
An alliance of consumer groups and sports nutrition manufacturers and
distributors have written to chancellor of exchequer George Osborne calling for
an end to plans to introduce VAT on some sports nutrition products.
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24 Apr 2012
David Stalker, CEO of the Fitness Industry Association (FIA) has revealed
details of a new joint venture with Sport England which aims to secure a digital
legacy for the London 2012 Olympic Games.
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11 Apr 2012
British long jump record holder Chris Tomlinson has joined Reigate and Bansted
Borough Council's (RBBC) Brian Stead to officially open the new £9m Horley
Leisure Centre.
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17 Feb 2012
Birmingham City Council (BCC) and DC Leisure have launched the new £12.2m
Harborne Pool and Fitness Centre, which is located on the site of the city's
former Harborne Baths.
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18 Jan 2012
Former Olympians Nick Gillingham and David Moorcroft have helped officially open
the new £10m Jubilee 2 leisure complex in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire.
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09 Jan 2012
The Fitness Industry Association (FIA) and the Institute for the Management of
Sport and Physical Activity (IMSPA) are to host a joint summit later this month.
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10 Nov 2011
Leisure Industry Week 2011, 'Where Innovation Meets Inspiration', kicks off at Birmingham NEC tomorrow with highlights including a dedicated Youth Engagement Zone and a new CPD Masterclass Arena and Seminar theatre.
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19 Sep 2011
Work is due to start on Wakefield ONE - a new £10m swimming pool and fitness complex in Wakefield - today (6 June) as part of the local authority's wider regeneration plans.
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06 Jun 2011
New research published to mark the launch of the Tata Kids of Steel triathlon initiative has found that nearly four-fifths of UK children spend their free time watching television.
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04 May 2011
De Montfort University (DMU) in Leicester will invest in a new £8m leisure centre designed by S&P Architects.
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18 Feb 2011
Aylesbury Vale District Council (AVDC) has agreed to proceed with proposals for a £6m overhaul of the Aqua Vale Swimming and Fitness Centre in Aylesbury.
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19 Nov 2010
Sport England and Hugh Robertson, the minister for sport and the Olympics, have unveiled plans to establish a 'mass participation legacy' from the London 2012 Games.
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15 Nov 2010
Leisure sector organisations have issued a mixed response to the chancellor's Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR) published yesterday (20 October). George Osborne announced a 25 per cent cut in the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) budget, which will run over the course of the review period to 2014-15.
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21 Oct 2010
Four leisure centres in Enfield, north London, are set to benefit from nearly £9m worth of improvements over the next three years after Fusion Lifestyle was appointed to run local council-owned facilities.
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20 Jul 2010
The development of a new multi-million pound sports complex in Basildon, Essex, has reached the next stage after work to construct the venue's steel structure was completed.
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25 Jun 2010
The coalition government has wielded its axe and chopped more than £100m worth of leisure projects and initiatives in the first round of a programme of cuts which aim to curb public spending and bring down the deficit.
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17 Jun 2010
Crystal Palace National Sports Centre (CPNSC) has launched its new health and fitness suite, following a £1m investment by London-based sports trust Greenwich Leisure (GLL).
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25 May 2010
A new campaign designed to get 100,000 people more active through dance ahead of the London 2012 Olympics has been launched by the Department of Health (DH).
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15 Oct 2009
Rio de Janeiro in Brazil has been selected as the host city of the 2016 Olympic Games - the first time ever that the Games have been given to a South American nation.
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02 Oct 2009
Construction work has started on a major £177,000 refurbishment scheme at the The Quays 'Eddie Read' Swimming and Diving Complex in Southampton, Hampshire.
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10 Aug 2009
Construction work on a new £38m regional sports facility in Basildon, Essex, is scheduled to start in October after the local authority appointed Community Solutions for Leisure (CSL) to deliver the scheme.
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30 Jul 2009
Plans for the £58m Birmingham Aquatics and Leisure Centre have been revealed for public consultation.
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10 Jun 2009
Sports trust Greenwich Leisure (GLL) has signed a 15-year partnership agreement with Hackney Council to manage six leisure centres in the London borough.
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02 Jun 2009
Sport England has called for "everyone in sport" to do more to increase participation by people with learning difficulties after announcing that it would be investing £200,000 at this year's Special Olympics GB Summer Games.
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26 May 2009
Construction work has begun on the first of two new leisure centres that will be built as part of Gateshead Council's £29m Building an Active Future programme.
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28 Apr 2009
The UK government has officially launched its two-year, £140m, Swim4Free initiative - which will see free swimming offered to those aged under 16 or over 60.
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06 Apr 2009
Plans for the construction of a new £35m sports and fitness complex in Basildon, Essex, have been given the green light by the local authority.
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13 Mar 2009
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