"The Grade-II*-listed sports centre would be retained but the main swimming pool closed to create an additional "dry" sports arena. The new sports centre would have a grassed roof to blend in with the landscape and include a sports hall, health and fitness centre and café as well as the 50metre pool. At present, much of the building is closed while a £4million refurbishment takes place until next June."

(Via Evening Standard £67m revamp for Crystal Palace park: .)

| Crystal Palace | 22 October 2007; 9:43:46 AM |# | | Discuss |

"Weight-concious lawmakers called on British authorities Thursday to replace Parliament's shooting gallery with a swimming pool, saying it would help them keep in shape.

"Do you agree that there are too many fat members of Parliament?" lawmaker Richard Bacon asked in a House of Commons debate. "Speaking as one of them, may I say how much I welcome reports about proposals to (replace) the shooting range with a swimming pool."

(Via The Associated Press: Overweight Lawmakers Want Swimming Pool: .)

| Parliament, Hansard and Whitehall | 22 October 2007; 9:43:21 AM |# | | Discuss |