Plymouth Leander Swimming Association swimmer Ruta Meilutyte will be joined by her Lithuanian team mates at the Plymouth Life Centre next year as she prepares for London 2012.

The Plymouth Life Centre has been chosen as one of only three projects in the country to receive funding from the Amateur Swimming Association (ASA) to support water polo players from across the South West.

A topping out ceremony is being held today to mark the completion of the highest level of the building for the £46.5 million Plymouth Life Centre.

A plastering student from City College Plymouth who started work experience on the new Plymouth Life Centre just a few months ago has now secured full-time employment with one of the project’s key subcontractors.

Tiling of the Olympic-sized swimming pool at the new Plymouth Life Centre will get under way on Monday 9 May as Council Leader Vivien Pengelly and Cabinet Member for Leisure, Culture and Sport, Councillor Peter Brookshaw, lay the first floor tiles.

School children from Montpelier Primary School will be helping the Leader of Plymouth City Council to test-fill the dive pool with water at the new Plymouth Life Centre later this week (Thursday 10 March).

Plymouth’s new £46.5 million Life Centre will play host to a special visit by the President of the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) later this week.

Sports enthusiasts in the city and across the South West will be able to see what some of the major facilities at the Plymouth Life Centre will look like, with the release of new architects’ images today (Thursday 17 February).

A brand new set of architects’ images showing the interior design of the Plymouth Life Centre have been released today (Thursday 3 February 2011).

The English Table Tennis Association (ETTA) has signed a two-year contract with Plymouth City Council to provide facilities and coaching when the Plymouth Life Centre opens later this year.