Howzabout that then - hijacked or what?

"Education secretary Ruth Kelly, back left, teams up with Olympic gold medallist Kelly Holmes, back centre, and culture secretary Tessa Jowell, at Acland Burghley School

CULTURE secretary Tessa Jowell has told the Town Hall to face up to the “Olympic challenge” and resolve Camden’s swimming baths crisis as soon as possible.

She revealed yesterday (Wednesday) that she had asked for a special briefing on the Prince of Wales Baths in Kentish Town amid fears that the pool could be shut and sold off.

Ms Jowell told the New Journal: “Lots of swimming pools have been poorly maintained and they need to be refurbished. It is part of rising to the Olympic challenge.”

After their election in 2002, Labour councillors pledged to refurbish the pool, but work on the baths has yet to start. Officials estimated last year that repair work would cost a minimum of £17 million, but nobody at the Town Hall has been willing to commit themselves to that amount of spending. "

(Via Camden New Journal - News: .)

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