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There is plenty of festive fun to be had in Better leisure centres throughout Cornwall this Christmas. Free swim sessions are being offered at Saltash, Bude, Helston, St Ives and Truro to swim school members and up to three members of their family, whilst St Austell...

Having achieved her best international result yet, Seren Wills is scaling dizzy heights in her competitive climbing career. The sixteen-year-old, from Saltash, has just finished fifteenth at the European Lead Cup in Toulouse and now, with a top 30 under 17s ranking in...

Ten-year-old Archie Bunker, from Bude, first got in a swimming pool at the age of three months, could swim widths from the age of four and was awarded his first national lifesaving medal at the age of eight. Now, after coming third in the National Nipper Surf Life...

Triathlete Katie Walker has every reason to feel on top of the world. The 25-year-old trainee accountant from Penzance has just come ninth in the 25-29 age group at the Ironman 70.3 World Championship in Marbella.  She qualified for the prestigious event after...

A Few Quick Ones present a Christmas Selection Box at Stourbridge Library on Saturday 6 December at 1pm. The free festive entertainment includes four short plays, each with a Christmas heart. Live music will also be provided by a singer songwriter. “There will be...

St Austell Leisure Centre is taking part in the Warm Welcome Space campaign and offering a free hot cuppa to those wishing to get in from the cold on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 1-3pm. With millions of people in the UK living in poverty and many of them...

Exercise really matters for diabetics and prediabetics. Why? Because physical activity helps the body use insulin more effectively, keeps blood sugar levels steady, reduces blood pressure, and supports healthy weight loss. In some cases, it can even help put type 2...

Digital tablets, known as Hublets, have been installed at Lye Library.  Easily operated, the Hublets are housed in docking stations and can be released and activated by customers who have a library card and PIN. They will not work outside the library but, unlike...

Dudley Library is hosting the History of Castle Hill exhibition until the New Year, when it will be put on permanent display in Dudley Zoo. Funded by the UK Shared Prosperity Fund and commissioned by the zoo, the exhibition showcases Dudley Castle’s rich heritage –...

Steve Farnell was just thirteen when he first entered a triathlon. After enjoying the cycling, struggling in the swim and dropping out on the run, he thought it would be his last. In 2019, more than thirty years later, Steve entered his second triathlon after joining...

Dudley, Stourbridge and Halesowen libraries are taking part in an Against Breast Cancer campaign and appealing for unwanted bras. Bra banks have been installed in each of the three libraries and, for every tonne collected, £700 will be donated to breast cancer...

Dudley and Halesowen Libraries are looking for volunteer Talk Club Captains to lead and support a talk club for men aged eighteen and over. Founded in 2019, Talk Club is a talking and listening community that makes it easier for men to look after their mental...

Two free author talks at Stourbridge Library this month promise insights into two very different aspects of human behaviour. The first on Saturday 22 November from 11am to 1230pm, focuses on the positive impact of lifelong learning. Written by mumpreneur Lorraine...