4+ hour, 23+ min ago  (179+ words) Public health warning as temperatures are set to rise A director of public health in Northamptonshire has shared her concern following reports young people are swimming in dangerous areas of open water. Her caution comes on the back of multiple…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago  (485+ words) Birmingham mum urges families to learn water safety lessons during Drowning Prevention Week A Birmingham mother whose eight-year-old son drowned after being swept away by an undercurrent is urging families to learn lifesaving water safety skills ahead of the summer…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago  (409+ words) Chris Elt is hoping to swim, cycle and run a total of 280 miles A man from St Neots is taking on perhaps one of the biggest tests of his life so far as he sets off on a double Ironman…...

4+ day, 18+ hour ago  (426+ words) It's Drowning Prevention Week After a high number of drownings across the country this year, children and young people in Norfolk are being urged to learn key water safety tips, ahead of the school Summer holidays, to help keep them…...

5+ day, 28+ min ago  (695+ words) Neil aims to swim all 10 major lakes in Switzerland - something which has never been done before A Devon man's trying to become the first person to swim Switzerland's ten largest lakes. Neil Gilson, from Ilfracombe, is doing it to raise…...

6+ day, 4+ hour ago  (264+ words) The trust has put the warning out now the warmer weather has arrived A charity responsible for looking after the Malvern Hills is urging people to listen to their advice and stay out of a quarry situated between Herefordshire and…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (384+ words) It's after a teenager drowned at Rother Valley Country Park over the recent May Bank Holiday weekend South Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service tell us it's 'frustrating & upsetting' when they have to deal with open water tragedies. Today marks exactly a…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (241+ words) She's become the thirteenth person to lose their lives to open water in the space of a week A 15-year-old girl has died after getting into difficulties on Formby beach earlier this week. Emergency services were called to the beach…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago  (182+ words) New swimming pools at Abbey Fields in Kenilworth will officially open to the public on Saturday 11 July, Warwick District Council and leisure operator Everyone Active have announced. The new facilities, which include two indoor pools, are part of a multi-million-pound…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago  (235+ words) North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue is issuing advice Tourists and residents in North Yorkshire have been reminded of the hidden dangers of swimming in open water, after 11 deaths during the recent heatwave. "North Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service has issued a…...