The Latest Breaking News from GLL

‘Community spaces are being taken away’: campaigners rail at rise of pay-to-play padel courts

Proposals to convert skateparks, children’s play areas and basketball courts have angered residents

The Guardian - UK · Aug 6

Skaters launch campaign to save one of London’s only indoor skateparks

Barking Sporthouse announced on Tuesday that it will close its skatepark and replace it with padel courts

Evening Standard · Jul 18

Gold’s 2026 Rally Has Cracked—Is It Time to Buy the Pullback?

Gold's massive rally has collapsed, but the question remains as to what happens from here. Fortunately, multiple means of building exposure exist.

MarketBeat · Jun 29

Skin is in: as sales of thong bikinis rise, is body confidence also growing?

A Sydney council’s ban on ‘inappropriate’ swimwear stirs a wider debate over complex feelings about women’s bottoms

The Guardian - UK · Jan 17, 2025

Library staff in Greenwich to strike in row over pay

Strikes will lead to widespread closures of libraries in the new year

Evening Standard · Dec 14, 2023

Young sports stars benefit from GLL bursaries to support their careers

Over 120 sporting stars were recognised at an awards ceremony at Belfast City Hall

Belfast Live · May 12, 2023

Belfast leisure centres to introduce swimming lessons for children with autism

As well as Brooke LC, lessons are being offered to Falls, Olympia, Shankill, Whiterock and Templemore

Belfast Live · May 5, 2023

Tories could close 600 local pools in plans to slash energy bills support

The 85 per cent funding cut risks decimating school swimming lessons, threatens people’s fitness and wellbeing, and also puts safety around swimming pools in danger

Daily Mirror · Jan 11, 2023

Newcastle leisure centres spared cuts as operator slashes opening hours at more than 200 sites

GLL says that it has no plans to reduce opening times in Newcastle, despite its bid to reduce energy bills

Chronicle Live · Nov 27, 2022

Opening hours at hundreds of leisure centres and swimming pools cut over rising energy bills

One of the UK’s biggest pool operators said its heating bills have tripled since 2019

Evening Standard · Nov 22, 2022