Dorset news
08 Sep 2025
Registered charity and leisure operator, BH Live has taken over the contract to run the
04 Aug 2025
Indoor cycling is an effective and low-cost way of treating hip osteoarthritis which could save
10 Jul 2023
The Gröna Lund theme park in Stockholm, Sweden has reopened its doors 10 days after
14 Jun 2022
Chester Zoo, Nothe Fort and Black Country Living Museum are among the 19 winners of
13 Apr 2021
Relais & Chateaux's Summer Lodge Country House Hotel in Dorset, England, has launched an insightful
19 Dec 2020
Gyms and leisure facilities in south-east England are to close from midnight tonight as part
Celebrating its milestone fifth anniversary, W3Fit EMEA returns in 2026 with an unmissable gathering of
28 Jan 2020
Leisure trust 1610 will begin offering DNA testing to members at the leisure centres it
03 Dec 2019
HRH The Prince of Wales has officially opened Monart Destination Spa’s first UK property –
26 Sep 2019
The Griffin Group, owners of the Monart Destination Spa, in County Wexford, Ireland, is set
24 Jul 2019
The Eastbury, a Grade II-listed hotel in Sherbourne, Dorset, is set to open a new
16 May 2019
The winners of the Museums + Heritage Awards were announced in London last night (15
29 Nov 2018
Hundreds of UK attractions that have received funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) are
Elevate is set to celebrate its 10th anniversary in style this June, with organisers confirming
10 Sep 2018
Revised plans will be submitted later this year for a long-awaited, underground visitor attraction on
06 Jul 2018
Dreamworld CEO Craig Davidson has left his position in the midst of a public enquiry
18 Jun 2018
An inquest into the ride malfunction that killed four at the Dreamworld theme park in
24 Apr 2018
VisitEngland has named the best Britain's tourism industry has to offer, announcing the winners of
11 Apr 2018
A new museum on crime and the history of law and order will open in
05 Jan 2018
A six-week exercise programme to help relieve pain for people with arthritis will be tested
One of the biggest mistakes operators in the fitness industry still make is advertising almost
12 Oct 2017
The long-awaited Jurassica project is taking a new path towards realisation, joining forces with biodiversity
05 Oct 2017
Sport England is investing £10m of National Lottery money into 20 projects across the country
29 Sep 2017
Leisure centres across the South West of England will dim their lights and turn down
25 Sep 2017
Dorsett Hospitality International has become one of the first hotel groups to add customer-facing robots
24 Aug 2017
Queensland’s state government is set introduce industrial manslaughter laws, with safety around theme park rides
21 Mar 2017
The long-touted Jurassica project, a multi-million pound dinosaur attraction inside a former quarry in Dorset,
07 Feb 2017
The sale of 16 Virgin Active sites in the UK is the final step of
07 Feb 2017
David Lloyd Leisure (DLL) has exchanged contracts to buy 16 Virgin Active health clubs for
06 Jan 2017
Dippy - the iconic diplodocus that has welcomed visitors to London’s Natural History Museum (NHM)
01 Nov 2016
BH Live, a social enterprise which operates leisure facilities across the South of England, is
05 Jul 2016
Following the sudden death of its founder earlier in the year, plans are moving forward
29 Apr 2016
Haystack Dryers, a Dorset-based company that manufactures body dryers for theme parks, zoos and other
01 Feb 2016
Leisure operator BH Live has made another high-profile acquisition as it continues its strong start
18 Jan 2016
Fitness First has sold its Queen’s Park health club in Bournemouth – the site on
15 Jan 2016
Clare Connor hopes grassroots cricket for women and girls will receive a shot in the
14 Jan 2016
Hampshire Cricket, Lancashire County Cricket Board and Yorkshire County Cricket Club are among the six
20 May 2015
The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has awarded a share of £98m (US152.2m, €136.9m) to nine
21 Apr 2015
The super-yacht-inspired Southampton Harbour Hotel, UK, will break ground this month at Ocean Village –
17 Apr 2015
Festival wellness pop-up service Wild Wellbeing is to appear at Camp Bestival in Dorset, UK,
13 Mar 2015
In a far-sighted move, Bridport Leisure Centre in Dorset has just launched the first exercise
22 Jan 2015
The £80m (US$121m, €104.4m) Jurassica dinosaur attraction proposed inside a limestone quarry in Dorset, UK,
16 Oct 2014
A new independent health club in Christchurch, Dorset, is bidding to bring healthcare and fitness
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Third Space partnered with IndigoFitness to deliver a
bespoke training space for its new club at The Whiteley
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Starpool supports Olympic champion Marcell Jacobs, says Riccardo Turri
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Greg Bradley looks at the shift towards strength training in gyms and advises on how operators can create the ultimate training environment
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David Lloyd is stepping up its commitment to women’s health as it continues to explore what fit-for-purpose looks like for the female population
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SnowDome Fitness has added 50 per cent more space with cutting-edge Technogym solutions
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Find out how your gym can tap into the corporate wellness boom
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EGYM has opened a new HQ in Paternoster Square,
London and revealed a range of new launches
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New launch, Salus House, elevates boutique wellness with
high service levels and a partnership with Technogym
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Active IQ is calling for greater accountability in online fitness advice with the launch of a new trustmark
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Collaborations with the medical profession and greater aspirations around wellbeing are creating a need for more experts in our sector. It’s time to reboot our thinking around the workforce
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If the health service is to
survive, we must recognise
that it is a disease service
– and that wellbeing rests with
us, says the activity advocate
and healthy ageing champion.
He talks to Kate Cracknell
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Strength training is evolving,
driven by changing consumer
preferences. Julie Cramer talks
to innovators about how their
products are meeting this demand
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Jamie Clements
The Breath Coach“I experienced a blissful feeling of joy I hadn’t felt since I was a kid”
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Small improvements to sleep, diet and physical activity have major benefits for the heart, according to new research from the University of Sydney
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Founder, SP&Co Group“Working in public health over the last few years has lit up parts of my brain again”
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Raphael Cuomo explores the
powerful link between addiction,
health and behaviour change
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For every member with a tripod and a big following, there are others irritated at the way equipment is being hogged or wary they’ll be in the background on someone’s Insta feed. Do influencers offer valuable, free marketing or are they just a nuisance? Kath Hudson finds out how operators are responding
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As the entrepreneur who started Wexer, Fresh Fitness, Fitness DK and Repeat, as well as being a former elite athlete, Rasmus Ingerslev’s life looked perfect from the outside, but onthe inside it was a different story. He talks to Kath Hudson about healing old wounds
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With corporately-owned clubs,
franchise networks, investments
and proprietary tech, Viva Leisure’s
ecosystem is redefining how
gyms scale and generate revenue.
Its CEO speaks to Kate Cracknell
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