"People fighting to save a South West swimming pool from closure have lost their battle. Campaigners mounted a last-ditch bid to save Seaton Barracks pool in Plymouth on Tuesday, but city councillors voted to close it next Spring.

They say a lease on the land, owned by the Regional Development Agency, has run out and the pool is expensive to run and is losing £160,000 a year.

About 100,000 people use the swimming pool each year."

(Via BBC NEWS | England | Devon | Swimmers lose fight to save pool: .)

100,000 people - that's about half the population of many London boroughs. ...more ---> ...

| national news | 30 November 2005; 10:27:38 PM |# | | |