Northumberland news

Mark Tweedie has joined the Devon-based Plymouth Active Leisure (PAL) board as a non-executive director a week after Justin Musgrove's appointment was announced. Tweedie has ... More

In a drive to target the hard-to-reach groups, Places Leisure has introduced a team of social prescriber link workers as part of its Healthy Communities ... More

Gymbox has partnered with Haringey Council and not-for-profit organisation, Raza Sana, to give opportunities to those living in disadvantaged communities. Yesterday (15 July) saw the ... More

Consultancy and change architects, Miova, have welcomed industry veteran Mark Tweedie on board. Tweedie had most recently headed up Brimham’s Active, which was launched in ... More

Luxury spa hotel Calcot Manor, located in England's Cotswolds, is launching a purpose-built fitness and wellness sanctuary. Opening in February, The Grain Store will have ... More

A new £10.4m cultural visitor experience, bringing to life what has been dubbed as one of the 20th century’s most remarkable archaeological finds, will open ... More

Harrogate Borough Council has launched a community health and wellbeing company to manage its portfolio of leisure centres, swimming pools and gyms. Called Brimhams Active, ... 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

Mark Tweedie has been named as the new CEO of Community Leisure UK (CLUK), the organisation representing charitable leisure trusts. Tweedie joins CLUK after spending ... More

Work on a £21m leisure and community hub in Morpeth, Northumberland is set to begin in early 2020, after detailed designs were submitted for the ... More

Orangetheory Fitness has opened its 100th franchised site in Canada, seven years after it first entered the country. The latest opening in the city of ... More

Arts Council England has named 13 new additions to its Creative People and Places (CPP) project, which it says is about local people choosing, creating ... More

Construction work on a new £20m leisure centre in Berwick, Northumberland, is set to begin by the end of the year. The centre will be ... More

Fantasy and reality are meeting on Hadrian’s Wall, in northern England, as “Watchers” in black cloaks and shields have been posted to mark the final ... More

Northumberland's dark skies economy looks set to be given a boost, after planning permission was granted to build a new planetarium at the Kielder Observatory ... More

US-based boutique fitness operator Orangetheory Fitness is preparing to open its first club in the North West of England. The £1m studio is set to ... More

UK training provider the National Coastal Tourism Academy (NCTA) has launched a new online course and information portal to help customer-facing staff working on England’s ... More

Orangetheory Fitness will open its first out-of-London UK studio in Altrincham, Greater Manchester, in December. The US-based operator is looking to strengthen its foothold on ... More

English Heritage has launched a new campaign for families to visit its castles, after a survey by the organisation revealed that children's memories of castles ... More

Hotel management company RBH has named the winners of its 2018 Spa Awards in a ceremony at the Stratford Manor Hotel in Stratford-upon-Avon. The awards ... More

Active Northumberland has appointed Mark Tweedie – former chief executive of Active Tameside – as its new CEO. The charitable trust, which manages leisure services ... More

VisitEngland has named the best Britain's tourism industry has to offer, announcing the winners of its annual Awards for Excellence. The awards, which enter their ... More

US-based health club operator Orangetheory Fitness is looking to strengthen its foothold in the UK market after signing a deal which will see 40 new ... More

Britain has taken a big step in the space tourism race, with private firm Starchaser Industries successfully launching its first test flight of a reusable ... More

Northumberland’s long-awaited Landscape Discovery Centre and Youth Hostel at Hadrian’s Wall – known as “The Sill” – will open to the public this weekend (29 ... More