May. 14 2024
Source Page: Referral of the proposed subsidy for a leisure and wellbeing hub by Tees Valley Combined AuthorityFound: Combined Authority - GO V.UK (www.gov.uk) . 3 Highlight will include a range of facilities including a swimming
May. 14 2024
Source Page: New levelling up powers to fill empty shops across EnglandFound: On the other hand, swimming in marine and coastal environments was more popular amongst 16 – 34 year
Mentions:
1: Selaine Saxby (Con - North Devon) year-round activity along our coasts, thanks to improved wetsuits and a growing number of hardy folk wild swimming - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Grahame, Christine (SNP - Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale) recycling company that grinds down bottles into particles to replace sand filters in, for example, swimming - Speech Link
May. 13 2024
Source Page: Community service for farmer's polluting dam of manureFound: A wild swimming pond at a nearby glamping site had also been polluted with slurry.
May. 13 2024
Source Page: Record number of new bathing sites get the go aheadFound: Dozens of new wild swimming spots in England are being designated as bathing waters ahead of the summer
Asked by: Jamie Stone (Liberal Democrat - Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support sports clubs engaged in (a) swimming, (b) surfing, (c) angling, (d) canoeing and (e) other water sports who have impacted by water pollution and sewage discharges.
Answered by Robbie Moore - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
The Government is committed to improving the quality of our coastal and inland waters for the benefit of the environment and everyone who uses it. The Environment Agency takes over 7,000 samples each year at England’s 424 designated bathing waters, which are used to determine the annual bathing water classifications. These classifications are displayed on signage at bathing waters and online on the Environment Agency’s Swimfo website, to allow bathers to make informed decisions before entering the water. Defra welcomes applications for bathing water designations in England for both coastal waters and inland waters such as lakes and rivers. Anyone, including swimming clubs, can apply to designate a site as a bathing water by following the application guidance available at: Designate a bathing water: guidance on how to apply - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
The Government is clear that the amount of sewage discharged into our waters is unacceptable. We have taken a series of actions to require water companies to improve how they manage wastewater. For example, we have set ambitious targets through the Storm Overflow Discharge Reduction Plan to reduce the use of storm overflows. This will drive the largest infrastructure programme in water company history: estimated at £60 billion capital investment in 25 years. To support these targets in the near term, water companies have committed to £180m of new funding over the next year to help tackle sewage spills. This is a new investment committed by water companies to deliver enhanced maintenance programmes to improve the sewer network and is expected to prevent more than 8,000 sewage spills polluting English waterways.
These measures will benefit swimming, surfing, angling, canoeing and all other water sports.
May. 13 2024
Source Page: Teacher misconduct panel outcome: Mr Paul ChristensenFound: oral evidence, Pupil A provided some further detail regarding this , for example suggesting that the swimming
Mentions:
1: Grahame Morris (Lab - Easington) I remember Murton pit pond, our swimming pool, which was heated by surplus hot water from the mine. - Speech Link
Oral Evidence May. 08 2024
Inquiry: British Film and High-End TelevisionFound: Benjamin King: As I understand it, it is a little bit like an infinity swimming pool.