Health

Stockport’s main leisure centre, Grand Central, is undergoing a £2.8m refurbishment with upgraded gym changing and showers now open and work taking place on a new health spa. The new spa at the facility managed [Read More]

A Stockport gym is looking for up to 100 women to take part in a free fitness challenge. The Lean Body Project, based in the town centre, is running special fitness sessions as part of [Read More]

Dr Rangan Chatterjee, star of BBC One’s hit TV show Doctor in the House, returned to The Manchester Grammar School to talk about how lifestyles can be the best medicine. Dr Chatterjee, who was a [Read More]

Former media make-up artist Anita Nickson believes regular gym sessions helped save her life after she developed a serious auto-immune disease. Anita, 50, from Stockport, became a weekly visitor to the Avondale gym after being [Read More]

Stockport’s Life Leisure is celebrating after winning three national awards in just two days, recognising the organisation’s approach to business, and the quality of its staff and facilities. The not-for-profit charitable trust – which manages [Read More]

Twelve months ago, 43-year-old John Lee was on the brink of developing Type 2 diabetes. Weighing almost 16.6 stone, and measuring 5ft 4inches, the father-of-four was warned by his GP that he was “a heart [Read More]

A Stockport gym is looking to expand after just six months in its new home. The Lean Body Project moved into Princes Street in the town centre in May but is already looking to expand. [Read More]

Retired maths teacher Brian Povey has always had a passion for numbers, but one particular figure now means more to him than most. Just eight years on from a heart attack, the 70-year-old is celebrating [Read More]