"Burnham-On-Sea swimming pool was evacuated on Monday evening (August 20th) as fire crews from across Somerset dealt with a hazardous chemical leak at the building."

(Via www.Burnham-on-sea.com Burnham-On-Sea swimming pool evacuated by chemical leak : .) photo is property of www.Burnham-on-sea.com

| 'temporary' pool closures | 20 August 2007; 11:26:43 PM |# | | Discuss |

From 'not the Clissold Leisure Centre'

"This week's issue of the Hackney Gazette features the following as a "news" story. News? It all sounds too familiar to us. (Must be a quiet month, we think).

THE final bill for repairs and improvements to the trouble-torn Clissold Leisure Centre is expected to be £13 million. The building work is scheduled to finish next month.

The latest estimate hikes Hackney's spending on the flagship centre in Stoke Newington to £44 million - four times the original budget.

Regular readers will remember that Clissold Leisure Centre closed nearly 4 years ago to remedy major 'issues' with its use after only 22 months of 'incident-rich' use. Locals claim that the total bill for the centre including legal and consultants fees topped £50,000,000 quite some time ago but the true costs are shrouded in secrecy and, they say, muddle. The original baths on the site (25m and 100ft pools) closed in 1995. ...more ---> ...

| London Borough of Hackney | 20 August 2007; 1:11:21 PM |# | | Discuss (1 response) |

"Nearly two decades after becoming the music world's most famous naked swimming baby, California high school student Spencer Elden says he feels like a porn star.

The 17-year-old Los Angeles teenager was the centrepiece of one of the most iconic record sleeves of all time in 1991, when a photo of him swimming underwater graced the cover of Nirvana's hit album Nevermind."

(Via 'I feel like world's biggest porn star' - Music - Entertainment - theage.com.au: .)

| in the news | 20 August 2007; 12:55:42 PM |# | | Discuss (1 response) |

"In between serving meals and coffee in north Cottesloe last weekend, Victoria Coleclough managed to squeeze in a life-saving rescue.

When the Mosman Park student saw a man struggling in the water on Saturday afternoon, she ran down to the beach, ditched her apron and shoes, grabbed a rescue board and ran into the water in her uniform."

(Via POST Newspapers Online: Headline News: .)

| in the news | 20 August 2007; 12:50:29 PM |# | | Discuss (1 response) |