The former mining town of Coalville in Leicestershire is ‘on the up' – not something we would have expected to hear, even two years ago, yet this was the comment from a local resident on regional news recently. We agree – the town is showing more positive signs, and it is heartening to hear that local people are noticing.

That news item was about our state of the art £22.5m leisure centre, which opened its doors to the public five months ahead of schedule in February.