Leicestershire news

The winners of the 13th annual Good Spa Guide Awards were announced last night (20 June) at industry conference Spa Life UK taking place this ... More

The recently-transformed Bamford Wellness Spa in Gloucestershire has been recognised as the UK’s Best New Spa at the sixth annual Good Spa Guide Awards ceremony. ... More

The Good Spa Guide has unveiled the results of its 11th annual awards this evening (2 August) at Spa Life UK’s annual two-day conference in ... More

Gyms and leisure facilities in south-east England are to close from midnight tonight as part of new restrictions announced during an emergency press this evening ... More

Groundskeeping teams at English Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur and Premiership rugby side Northampton Saints are among the winners of this year's Institute of Groundsmanship ... More

The UK's National Space Centre (NSC) in Leicester is building a new laboratory for the creation of virtual, augmented and mixed reality media, which it ... More

More Leisure Community Trust (MCLT) will open its first branded health club later this year. The More Fitness club in Market Harborough, Leicestershire, will feature ... More

Three out of the six projects on this year's Stirling Prize shortlist are leisure-related, underlining the sector's reputation for producing innovative architecture. The Macallan Distillery ... More

A planning application has been submitted for a £23m leisure centre in Coalville, Leicestershire. The plans include replacing the ageing Hermitage Leisure Centre with a ... More

Leisure operator Everyone Active has secured management deals for 11 new sites. The new contracts will take the number of facilities in the company's managed ... More

Leisure operator Everyone Active has secured management deals for four new leisure centres. In East London, Everyone Active will operate the £25m Hornchurch Leisure Centre, ... More

Construction work on the Broughton Astley Leisure Centre in Leicestershire is set to begin in February 2019, following the appointment of a contractor for the ... More

The winners of this year’s Museums + Heritage Awards for Excellence have been announced, with shortlisted projects celebrated and recognised across the museums, galleries, heritage ... More

Architects Cullinan Studio and multidisciplinary firm Arup have received planning permission for the UK’s longest aerial walkway: a 400m-long (1,312ft) ribbon “floating through the treetops” ... More

2016 Premier League champion Leicester City Football Club (LCFC) has revealed plans to build a £80m training ground near Loughborough, Leicestershire. The club has acquired ... More

A Leicestershire council has rubber-stamped plans to build a £20m (US$26.6m, €22.5m) leisure centre after admitting its current provision has “become disjointed, inefficient and inflexible”. ... More

The Spa at Gleneagles by ESPA has been named the best UK spa at this year’s 2017 Good Spa Guide Awards. The awards, organised by ... More

An event attempting to investigate the reasons behind the lack of British Asian professional sportspeople will be hosted by Leicestershire County Cricket Club later this ... More

David Lloyd Clubs is partnering with obstacle course race Spartan for the second year running by providing bespoke strength and endurance classes for participants. The ... More

Hatton Boxing is piloting its first ever in-gym boxing zone – a 592sq ft (55sq m) studio space at Premier Gym in Coalville, Leicestershire. The ... More

Primary school teachers in seven Leicestershire schools are being trained to incorporate physical activity into daily lessons. The programme has been put together by Loughborough ... More

The government department responsible for publishing UK Sports Governance Code – which has thrown the diversity of sports boards into the limelight – has enlisted ... More

A £15m leisure centre has won an award for best large non-residential building in Leicestershire. Hinckley Leisure Centre, which opened in the summer, won the ... More

More than 5,500 people have acquired tickets for next year’s Women’s Cricket World Cup Final at Lord’s – beating previous attendance record with eight months ... More

UK-based Champneys health spa resorts have entered into partnership with the National Health Service (NHS), the publicly funded national healthcare system for the UK, to ... More