"Over 700 people have already signed a petition calling for Burnham-On-Sea's swimming pool to be saved from closure.

The signatures have been collected in the first three days of the campaign to save the Berrow Road facility from cost-cutting plans by Sedgemoor District Council.

Burnham-On-Sea.com reported last Wednesday how the cash-strapped council had announced plans to shut the Berrow Road pool by April 2008 because it is losing up to £250,000 a year. The proposals have been met with shock and dismay by pool users and local residents, who say a swimming facility is essential in Burnham."

(Via 700 residents sign petition to save Burnham-On-Sea swimming pool: .)

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