EVERY Liverpool resident over 60 is being offered free swimming, gym membership, badminton, squash and tennis.
It is part of a drive to improve the health and fitness of the city’s 70,000 senior citizens.
The city council and Liverpool Primary Care Trust (PCT) wants every adult to take part in 30 minutes of physical activity five times a week and reduce the growing problem of obesity and help people stay healthy.
The Senior Lifestyles Card comes into effect on December 1, offering free use of all 13 city council Lifestyles Centres.
Since it was launched in 2006, the “Lifestyle Futures” programme increased the number of young people using leisure centres by a massive 60%. It is hoped the senior citizens’ scheme will attract a similar increase.
Rosebys to shut down
ADMINISTRATORS for home furnishing chain Rosebys announced the closure of its Liverpool store along with another 30 stores with the total loss of 186 jobs. A further 87 jobs have been axed from a distribution centre in Selby, North Yorkshire, which has also been closed.
Howard Smith, the joint administrator, said the redundancies were made with “regret” but added that talks continued over the rest of the business. Rosebys, which went into administration last month, had 280 stores country-wide and generated sales of around £100m a year.
Final member
RETIRED swimming instructor Vivien Davies has created local government history by becoming the last member to be elected to the 120-year-old Cheshire County Council. The Conservative candidate claimed victory in the Knutsford by-election with a majority of 829. There will be no further by-elections to the authority, which disappears on April 1.
Assault arrest
A WOMAN has been arrested on the suspicion of an assault which left a man with serious head injuries. The incident in Concert Square Liverpool on Sunday, October 5 resulted in the 21-year-old victim suffering serious injuries to his head and back. He remains in a serious but stable condition. The 22-year-old woman from Bootle has been released on police bail pending further enquiries.
