"HIGHLAND Council is being urged not to pull the plug on plans for a swimming pool on the Black Isle.

The appeal from the Black Isle Swimming Pool Foundation comes following a local survey showing overwhelming support for the project, with 92 per cent of parents favouring the concept of paying £3 for each school swimming lesson.

As we revealed last week, a working group has recommended to the council's Education, Culture and Sport Committee that no new swimming pool provision is financially supported by the Council during the life of the next five-year capital plan."

(Via Last-ditch appeal to retain Black Isle pool plan - Ross-shire Journal: .)

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"Campaigners working to get a swimming pool in Swaffham are appealing for everyone to sign up to swim and prove to prospective developers there is a demand for it.

The dream of having a new pool built in the market town is closer to reality than ever before after Swaffham Town Council completed the purchase of a piece of land between the Ecotech Centre and the A47 last month."

(Via EDP24 - Town's swimming pool dream beckons: .)

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