Flames: Lighting the way has been accepted as an official legacy programme for the 2014 Commonwealth Games as part of a games legacy for Glasgow.

FREE diabetes and BMI checks will be available for shoppers at a city centre event on Wednesday (Jan 25).

Borough residents are being invited to submit nominations for the annual Local Sport and Health Alliance sports awards. The celebration evening run by Hinckley and Bosworth Local Sport and Health Alliance, honours not only the achievements of individuals and teams but also the contribution made by the volunteers who help to run many of the clubs.

The Olympic spirit will be in full flow at Melton Mowbray Sailing Club on Sunday 4 September as people of all ages and abilities take part in a club Team Race and Fun Day and celebrate the build up to the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Organisers of this year’s Sky Ride Leicester, which takes place on Sunday (Aug 28), are promising a festival of entertainment and activities across seven zones along the city’s 8km traffic-free route.

The first stage of the My Games My Legacy Patchwork Pledge blanket has gone on display at New Walk Museum in Leicester, to mark one year to go the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. The blanket, which has been created from more than 7,500 six-inch squares that have been knitted and crocheted by people from across the city and county, aims to celebrate London 2012 while inspiring people to learn new skills

Open Weekend is an annual UK-wide celebration counting down to the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Open Weekend 2011, supported by BP, takes place from the 22nd – 24th July and is set to be the biggest and best yet, with hundreds of thousands of people from across the UK, participating in events and bespoke projects to celebrate ‘One Year to Go’ to the Games.

Volunteers are urgently needed to support the Cancer Research UK Race for Life events taking place in Leicester this weekend.

Children and young people in Leicester can look forward to a summer of free swimming thanks to the delivery of a pledge made by the City Mayor Peter Soulsby.

Runners of all ages and abilities will be pounding the traffic-free streets of Hinckley town centre on the evening of Wednesday 22 June as the town hosts the third annual town centre road runs.

Both races are organised by Hinckley Running Club, LOROS and the Borough Council.