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Following the announcement of a study into the long-term effects of weight loss medications, UK Active and CIMSPA have issued a statement calling for a ... More

James Balfour, co-founder of 1Rebel, talks about how the boutique operator is having its best year ever in this month’s HCM magazine. Having battled through ... More

The fitness industry in Europe is uniting today (30 May) to launch #beactivehour, a free one hour workout at 5.00pm CET/3.00pm GMT. The event has ... More

London's Science Museum says it has now completed its "Masterplan" transformation project, started in 2010, with the opening this weekend of 3,000sq m (9,842sq ft) ... More

Fitness entrepreneur Tom Marien is looking to take his fitness and social brand One Element outside London for the first time. Marien, who launched One ... More

Plans have been unveiled in China to build the world’s highest planetarium – set to open at the Tibet Museum of Natural Sciences in 2019. ... More

The Gym Group has partnered with The Movember Foundation, pledging to raise £50,000 towards men’s health. In a move which highlights the links between fitness ... More

Plans are underway for a mountaineering visitor centre at Mount Everest. The 100 million yuan (US$14.4m, €13.8m, £11.6m) centre is being built in Gangkar Township, ... More

Work in Tibet has started on a US$6.4m (€5.7m, £4.4m) museum about Mount Qomolangma – better known as Everest. Sitting at the base of Everest ... More

Zaha Hadid’s latest project – the final instalment of six mountain-top museums in Italy’s Dolomites curated by explorer Reinhold Messner – has welcomed its first ... More

Following the loss of culture and human life in the wake of the Nepal earthquake late last week, UNESCO is taking steps to asses and ... More

After overcoming several hurdles on its way to launch, it was somewhat fitting that LA ActiveLife leisure centre was opened recently by someone well-acquainted with ... More

Functional fitness specialist Jordan Fitness is supporting commercial airline pilot Daniel Hughes on a journey to the top of the world to raise funds for ... More

Cheshire-based design consultancy, Mather & Co has designed a new visitor attraction at the headquarters of the Volvo Ocean Race in Spain. The race headquarters ... More

A charity trek around the highest mountain in the world will begin tomorrow (26 March) and includes meeting the villagers and a visit to the ... More

Suunto has launched the Vector HR, a watch for outdoor enthusiasts that contains a heart rate monitor as well as a compass, barometer and altimeter. ... More

Fusion sports performance trainers Nathan Carter and Kelvin Turner recently led a team of 12 fitness enthusiasts to break the world record for climbing on ... More

Children’s indoor adventure play centre operator Gambado has opened its third site, at Imperial Wharf in Chelsea, London. The £1.74m, 16,000sq ft (1,500sq m) site, ... More

A unique collection of documents, artefacts and photographs has been made available to the general public for the first time at the Royal Geographical Society ... More