Tour de France 2007: Stage One Route

The first leg of the 2007 Tour de France will see the cream of the world's cyclists speeding from central London, via Medway, Maidstone and the Weald, before the finish in Canterbury.

Great Britain has previously hosted stages of the Tour in 1974 and 1994 and will host the Grand Départ in 2007.

The BBC reports that half the population of England do no sport or active recreation. This was the result of a poll of more than 350,000 people. Scary eh!

"Just one in five adults, mainly young wealthy white men from the south-east, does the recommended 30 minutes of exercise three times a week.

People from the Scilly Isles are among the most active, while those in areas hosting the London Olympics, like Newham, are among the least active.

Ministers and health experts said the Sport England findings were worrying.

So you spend all day confined in a dungeon in front of a couple glowing computer screens, coding C++ and eating McDonald’s for lunch? You definitely need to lose a few pounds and put on some muscle, but don’t know where to start? All of us computer geeks could stand some exercise. This guide will give you some practical tips on how to get started getting in shape!

Although still in limited 'local' release while we add all Universities and Sports Centers in the UK, we have been featured in BuzzShout. BuzzShout claims to bring you the best and most innovative web technologies, and allows user's to review sites.

Each group now has a pinboard which allows members to post short messages withing the group e.g. Anyone interested in playing squash this Tuesday at 7:30pm? To use the feature look out for the "group pinboard" option on the group pages.

Members can now set-up their own league to which other groups can request membership. The league options are configurable and link to the group team sheets for fixtures and results.

Hey, well they say good news travel's fast and far.....well the news of our little site seems to have reached the Punjab community....which is great! It's the first confirmed sighting of our press release from last week, so if anyone knows of anymore - let us know.

We're pleased to announce a fun league for groups, called Internal Group League. It's a league which involves the group members, not other groups.

Featured on the BBC website today is a report on the findings from a two year health survey across the whole of the UK.

Some of the key highlights from the report are a that on whole we are living longer, more than a million of us have given up smoking in the last eight years and we are less likely to suffer an early death from cancer or heart disease.

This is a quick How To for ensuring your profile show's up in BuddyFinder searches.

1. Enter you post code (or at least the first 3 digits) in your profile.

2. Under the 'Contact Settings' section, ensure you tick the box for 'Personal Contact Form'. This will ensure other members can contact you. Note, your email address is safe, we do not reveal this information to anyone.

You can access and edit your profile by going to 'my account' on the left hand menu.