15 September 2007"The Matlock Mercury covers the 'cost' of the imminent Sherwood Hall closure as a whole range of clubs find there is 'no room at the inn' for them in Matlock"
(Via poolingresources at Yahoo! Groups Clubs face axe as Sherwood closes: .)
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"PROFESSIONAL squatters have been handed the keys to a groundbreaking sports centre that closed because of budget cuts by Camden Council.
The Jubilee Waterside Centre in King's Cross shut after 30 years when its £64,000 annual grant was cut this year. "
(Via Hampstead and Highgate Express - Fury as sports centre is given to squatters: .)
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" British adventurer Lewis Gordon Pugh says it's a tragedy that global warming enabled him to swim at the Geographic North Pole
As an environmental campaigner, Pugh, a 37-year old British lawyer and endurance swimmer, wanted to highlight the impact of climate change in the high Arctic. On July 15, he jumped into freezing waters at the Geographic North Pole and swam one kilometre in 18 minutes and 50 seconds. The temperature of 28.7 F(-1.8C) reportedly is the coldest water that a human has managed to swim in and survive. Pugh has earned the name 'Polar Bear' because of his ability to raise his body temperature.
Pugh swam in what is essentially an ice crack, a patch of open sea at the top of the world. Open water is becoming more common during the summer months. Many scientists believe that by 2040, the Arctic could be entirely ice-free during summer. According to the World Wildlife Fund, Arctic air temperatures may rise as much as 12 degrees C in the next 100 years. Pugh's swim was captured by a documentary crew."
(Via Latest News Historic North Pole Swim: .)
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