The £34.15m investment will help deliver for communities not just in Denton and Westerhope, but will be a facility the whole of Newcastle can be proud of with a new swimming pool, training pool, sports hall, gym, café, children’s play area, library and community space.

Donned the hard hat and high viz to go to the site of the Outer West Leisure Centre.

Currently the team are doing more enabling on site especially around old mining works, which will allow for construction to begin in 2025.

NEW: MHCLG opens consultation on sweeping right to buy changes
🏠Council tenants to live in home for approx 10yrs (up fr 3) to qualify
🏠New-build social homes exempt
🏠1-for-1 replacement target for councils
🏠Discounts to fall further - to max of 20%
🏠Repaid if tenants sell w/in 10yrs, up from 5