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Dudley Writers’ Festival this June
A bonanza of writers, poets, musicians and performers will be showcasing their talents at the free Dudley Writers’ Festival this June. Taking place in Dudley Libraries for the second consecutive year, literary genres represented include crime and thriller, science...
Get active this half term
Better leisure centres throughout Cornwall have plenty to keep the whole family active this half term. Short courses to brush up on sports skills, swimming, soft play, junior gym and trampolining are all on offer and, since demand is likely to be high, advanced...
Swim Free Launches Free Swimming Lessons for Serving Royal Navy Families in Cornwall
A new swimming programme at Helston Sports Centre is set to support 60 children aged 4–16. Swim Free is delighted to announce the launch of a new partnership with GLL, the not-for-profit workers’ cooperative that runs Better Helston Sports...
Jane Austen in the Midlands
Dudley Libraries are celebrating Jane Austen’s 250th anniversary with four talks about the famous novelist and her links with the area. Delivered by Jack Barber from the Jane Austen Society, the events will take place at Stourbridge Library on Monday 19 May from...
Welsh sporting stars rewarded
Twenty-three champions attending the 2025 GLL Sport Foundation (GSF) Awards at the Glamorgan Cricket Ground last week hold a Welsh, British or world record. They were among the 98 athletes, representing 24 different sports, who will receive GSF support worth £73k in...
Better mental health support needed in Cornwall
Healthwatch Cornwall is calling for immediate action to improve mental health services in the county following research published today. Based on people’s real experiences, the in-depth review highlights critical gaps in crisis support, long waiting times and the...
Camborne’s ‘exciting’ Space in a Space initiative
Camborne’s latest Prosperity Accelerator Partnership (PAP) meeting has been described as ‘exciting’ and ‘productive’ by BID Camborne organisers. The event’s principal topic of discussion was “Space in a Space” – a new initiative to make redundant space available in...
40th anniversary celebration at Stourbridge Library
On Wednesday 7 May Stourbridge Library will be celebrating forty years in its current location. Anyone who has been involved with the library over the last four decades is invited to come along from 2-4pm. There will be refreshments, photo displays and plenty of...
Line up of stars for Fowey festival
Sir Michael Morpurgo, award-winning author Joanne Harris and broadcaster John Suchet are among the stars lining up for this year’s du Maurier Fowey Literary Festival. Running from 9-17 May, the event has been rebranded to include reference to famous novelist Daphne du...
Busy May at Dudley Library
From a VE Day coffee morning to health advice and author talks, Dudley Library is offering a range of free events this May. Marking 80 years since the end of World War II in Europe, the coffee morning takes place on 8 May from 10am to midday. As well as providing an...
“Everything we hoped for” in Camborne
Angela Bradford has just won £100 in the March BID Camborne loyalty card draw. Angela, 58, loves shopping in Camborne’s high street – in fact she loves everything about the town that she and her partner have only called home for the last six months. Having lived...
Lye Library turns 90
A very special birthday party will be held on Saturday 17 May to celebrate Lye Library’s 90th anniversary. Sir Cedric Hardwicke, a famous actor of the time who was born in Lye, opened the library in 1935 – two weeks after receiving his knighthood. A blue plaque...
Jack the Ripper victims in the Cradley spotlight
A free talk at Cradley Library on Tuesday 13 May promises an intriguing insight into the lives of Jack the Ripper’s victims. ‘The Women of Whitechapel’ tells the story of those killed – giving them an identity beyond just their name and graphic details of how they...
BEAT is back in Bodmin and St Austell
Cyclists are invited to St Austell Leisure Centre on 10 April and Bodmin Leisure Centre on 15 April to get a free MOT or easy fix for their bikes. The Better Engagement in Active Travelling (BEAT) Project is funded through Active Travel England and Cornwall Council...
Better help for carers
To mark the 60th anniversary of the charity Carers UK, ‘Better’ leisure centres in Bath and North East Somerset (BANES) are partnering with the organisation to offer a programme of activities supporting the health and wellbeing of local carers....
Easter leisure centre fun
Newquay Leisure World’s fun pool will be back in action on Saturday 5 April. Featuring a happy hippo flume, an extreme orange flume, a bubbly volcano, the tippety toppety bucket, Sally the slow snake and Sammy the spitting snake, the pool provides family entertainment...
Dudley Libraries offer free Easter activities for children
Dudley’s thirteen libraries are all offering a wide range of free activities for children this Easter. They include spinning eggs craft at Dudley Library, a circus skills workshop at Stourbridge, board games and Easter stencils at Kingswinford, Nintendo Switch at Lye,...
Stress Less, Live Better
Tips on how to stress less and live better are the subject of a free talk being given at Coseley Library on 3 April at 6.30pm. April is Stress Awareness Month and author Cath Lloyd will be sharing her expertise on how stress can be managed during turbulent times,...