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Urgent health warning issued over deadly Legionnaires’ disease spread in hot tubs

Symptoms of the disease are similar to that of the flu, but can worsen into a fatal form of pneumonia.…

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Chair’s report from 2023 AGM

This my last chair’s report, although that’s what I thought in 2013, after my first five-year spell as chair. At…

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Three pools planned in east London to capitalise on demand for open-air swimming

A heated lido in a historic park is one of three outdoor swimming pools being planned in east London. Redbridge…

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Swimming Pool Support Fund

The government’s Swimming Pool Support Fund will provide a total of £63.3 million to local authorities in England as a…

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10th International Conference on Swimming Pool & SPA – Sustainability of Swimming Pools and SPA in a One Health Perspective

This volume gathers the abstracts of the contributions presented at the 10th International Conference of Swimming Pools & Spas, the…

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Swim England and the Royal College of GP’s team up to promote ‘Swimming as Medicine’

Getting in the water can sometimes be ‘far more powerful’ compared to other healthcare interventions, as seen through the new…

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Innovative heat tech could save England’s swimming pools from closure

Public swimming pools facing closure because of soaring energy bills have been offered a lifeline via new technology to heat…

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The Guardian view on swimming pools: a public good for everyone

Public goods for all, or private luxury for some? There is perhaps no greater symbol of these opposing visions than…

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Jeremy Hunt to offer £63m budget lifeline to England’s swimming pools

England’s struggling swimming pools are to be offered a lifeline in the budget with the creation of a £63m fund…

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Swimming pools vs. wild swimming: which is worse for germs?

A microbiologist explores where’s cleanest for a dip: swimming pools, or rivers, lakes, canals and the sea? Primrose Freestone, senior…

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