10 h. ago Bullets, condoms and fluffy handcuffs by the swimming pool, casino chips spilling out of fast cars, pole dancers, illicit affairs

When you work with footballers nothing much surprises you.Occasionally something does. Finding spent machine gun bullets in the garden of one of your club's players probably does

Science

5 d. ago Teenage girl sexually assaulted in shower at public swimming pool

A teenage girl was sexually assaulted by a man who watched her shower in the changing rooms of a public swimming pool - Tomasz Figura, 46, was sentenced to 11 years behind bars

Events

5 d. ago Huge UK lido set to open in days for anyone near major river but there's a catch

A free-to-use outdoor swimming pool is slated to open up in the heart of East London, along with a whole host of summer activities. However, the lido will only run for a select period of time

Politics

8 d. ago Fury as popular London lido shut for repairs over incoming heatwave

Staff at the swimming pool have said swimmers could have to deal with a lengthy closure if the repairs are not made

Society

8 d. ago The racial violence in Ballymena repeats a pattern that’s blighted Britain for years. We must wake up to that | Lanre Bakare

History tells us attacks on migrants are a predictable result of political failings, distorted media coverage and far-right opportunismIn early June, the violence began. Rumours of a foreigner assaulting a local woman resulted in groups roaming through a small British town, breaking windows of homes belonging to “outsiders”. A few days later, the police attempted to stop mobs from reaching another nearby multiracial area. Eventually they broke through, ransacking shops and burning down a house, while local media reported that the violence had developed into “something like a fever”.Sound familiar? This isn’t Ballymena, the County Antrim town in Northern Ireland that has seen several nights of unrest in which immigrant homes were attacked after reports of an alleged sexual assault on a local girl by two teenagers, who had a Romanian interpreter read them the charges. These incidents actually took place more than a century ago, during the summer of 1919, as racial violence spread thro...

Events

9 d. ago Brit dad breaks neck in Benidorm pool after stranger 'pushed him in at shallow end'

The father of two said the 'freak accident' came about because he didn't know how deep the swimming pool was after a complete stranger 'playfully' pushed him into the water

Politics

1 week ago Edinburgh crime: Man who dragged schoolgirl, 13, into woods and raped her is jailed for eight years

A man has been jailed for the serious sexual assault of a teenage girl in Edinburgh.

Events

1 week ago The best hotels with swimming pools in the UK – perfect for a summer staycation

Pair a long weekend away in the UK, whether that’s city, coastal or countryside, with a top-tier hotel swimming pool

Politics

1 week ago British father of two breaks his neck after stranger pushes him into shallow swimming pool as a prank during Benidorm holiday

A holiday to Benidorm ended in horror when a dad broke his neck and back - after being 'pushed into a shallow pool as a joke'.

Politics

1 week ago Horror as teenage girl is 'sexually assaulted' while waiting at a village bus stop as man, 30, is arrested

The girl was allegedly approached by a man while she was waiting for a bus in the village of Longdowns near Penryn, Cornwall.

Events

1 week ago Amanda Holden, 54, frolics in sexy swimsuit and sprawls by the pool in cheeky display

Britain's Got Talent beauty Amanda Holden sent temperatures soaring as she posed by the side of the swimming pool in a slashed pink swimsuit from Melissa Odabash

Politics

1 week ago Inside Glastonbury's posh £30k glamping tent costs – with pool and helicopter rides

The Pop-Up Hotel, located outside the Glastonbury Festival site, has unveiled its lavish new plans for 2025 - including a swimming pool and massages

Economics

2 w. ago The Guardian view on riots in Northern Ireland: racist violence does not express ‘legitimate grievance’ | Editorial

Politicians must analyse the forces behind mob unrest, but not in terms that make excuses for itA reputation for political violence is one reason Northern Ireland has historically attracted fewer immigrants than the rest of the UK. In that context, increasing diversity could be read as a measure of progress; a peace dividend after the Troubles. That isn’t how it has felt to families cowering in fear of racist mobs this week. The riots started in Ballymena, ostensibly triggered by the arrest of two boys, reported to be of Romanian origin, accused of sexually assaulting a teenage girl. A community vigil mutated into a racist rampage. Masked thugs targeted the local migrant population. When police came to quell the pogrom, officers were attacked with bricks, fireworks, petrol bombs. There was contagion. Windows were smashed and a fire started at a leisure centre in nearby Larne that had been used as a temporary refuge for those fleeing the Ballymena violence. There were outbreaks of di...

Events

2 w. ago Helen Flanagan strips to swimsuit in pool for sizzling Ibiza snaps after split

Celebs Go Dating star Helen Flanagan looked every bit the Baywatch beauty as she emerged from the Ibiza swimming pool in a blue swimsuit following her rumoured split

Politics

2 w. ago Mum says picking one type of swimsuit for your kids is 'so dangerous'

A woman has urged parents to exercise caution when dressing their little ones for the pool while on holiday, because the colour of their swimwear could prove catastrophic

Politics

2 w. ago Take a look inside luxury £2.5m Cheshire home with indoor swimming pool and movie room

The gorgeous home has been listed on Rightmove this week

Economics

2 w. ago Freezing lake beneath mountain wall named UK's best wild swimming spot

Llyn Cau, in the foothills of Cadair Idris, has been ranked number one in a list of the best places to take a wild swimming dip, with Cuckmere Meanders, Long Pool in Watersmeet and Tanners Lane in Lymington also making the list

Politics

2 w. ago ‘I watched Bob Dylan play tennis with three of the Beatles’: how we made the Isle of Wight festival

‘It’s a myth that Jimi Hendrix played while the stage was on fire. It was a firework’In 1968, when I was 22, my older brother Ronnie got a job as a fundraiser for a swimming pool on the island. I’d done a concert for CND [the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament], so we started talking about doing some sort of festival to raise the money. My younger brother Bill suggested it had to be pop. An agency in London gave Ronnie a list of acts including the Pretty Things, the Move, Fairport Convention, Tyrannosaurus Rex and an American act, Jefferson Airplane. We only had a £750 investment from the Isle of Wight Indoor Swimming Pool Association, but after a friend lent us his £1,000 army pay-off, we managed to book all those bands, sell 10,000 tickets and break even. In the interim, the pool association pulled out because it didn’t like the publicity about hippies, drugs and sex, but they allowed us to use their investment and we were able to pay them back. Continue reading...

Politics

3 w. ago Love Island villa gets new area where stars can have sex to make it 'hottest in history'

New 'intimate area' has been added by Love Island bosses in the outdoor section which sees a trampoline across the swimming pool with space for multiple people

Politics

3 w. ago Woman dies at Total Fitness gym after paramedics pull her out of swimming pool

An unnamed woman thought to be in her 60s was "pulled from the swimming pool" of a Preston branch of the gym chain following a 'medical incident' - and tragically died at the scene

Events