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A new guide looks to offer local level practitioners and commissioners – as well as those working in physical activity – help identify and break ... More

What are the effects on public health of gyms and leisure centres being shut during lockdowns? Could more people be suffering worse symptoms – or ... More

Most outdoor attractions in England – including zoos and theme parks – will be allowed to reopen their doors on 12 April. Announcing the government's ... More

PM, Boris Johnson, has confirmed that gyms, swimming pools and leisure centres in England will reopen on 12 April if current virus containment continues. Prime ... More

The physical and mental health of women in the UK has been put under unprecedented pressure by the pandemic, according to Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson. The ... More

A new visitor attraction at London's Marble Arch is set to anchor ambitious plans to "reimagine" the city's famous Oxford Street shopping district. The planned ... More

Excess body fat and obesity are likely to have contributed to more deaths in England and Scotland than smoking since 2014, according to new research ... More

Coventry, the UK City of Culture in 2021, wants to seize a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to create an arts hub to establish the city as an ... More

Placing gyms and leisure centres at the front of the queue for reopening would be making a "statement of intent" to building a healthier and ... More

Data published today (17 February) shows that for every 100,000 visits to UK gyms and leisure centres during 2020, only 1.7 people went on to ... More

Construction work has been completed on the £29m Sports Park project in Colchester. The new facility is due to open on 26 April 2021 – ... More

ukactive has published six 'policy calls', which it says are crucial in order to help the physical activity sector survive and recover from the financial ... More

An area north of Sheffield City Centre in the UK is to be designed as an Active Neighbourhood, with the view to creating an environment ... More

A Parliamentary Petition calling for gyms to reopen first after the current national lockdown in the UK has passed the 100k signature milestone, which means ... More

New Forest District Council in the UK has chosen leisure trust Freedom Leisure as its preferred bidder to manage the region's leisure facilities. Freedom Leisure ... More

Ingesport – which operates the GO fit chain in Spain and Portugal – reports that it generated €300m in social value from its Spanish operations ... More

The government has pledged to invest more than £10m to open school sports and swimming facilities in England to the public in the evenings, at ... More

CIMSPA has issued a new policy to help ensure fitness and physical activity training is delivered safely online. Delivering sport and physical activity online has ... More

Plantasia, a rainforest zoo in Swansea, UK, has been awarded provisional membership of the British and Irish Association of Zoos and Aquariums (BIAZA). The visitor ... More

Approaching half of the UK population (40 per cent) are exercising less during the current lockdown than during the first in early 2020, while one ... More

EuropeActive and ukactive have today (3 February) secured a new partnership agreement which will see the industry bodies work closer together following the UK's exit ... More

Gyms, health clubs and leisure centres are set to be among the first businesses allowed to reopen in Wales when lockdown restrictions are lifted. Speaking ... More

Wigan Council in the UK will take back the management of all its leisure centres and wellbeing services from 1 April 2021, following a 'mutual ... More

Construction work has commenced on Great Yarmouth's £26m Marina Centre, with the venue set to open its doors by Q3 2022. Owned by Great Yarmouth ... More

The UK’s largest social enterprise, GLL, is the latest operator to throw its support behind a parliamentary petition calling for gyms to reopen first after ... More