Pool for Preston
An innovative 12 x 6 metre pool has been built in Preston to help improve on the alarming number of children who are unable to swim.
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£1m payout after shallow swimming pool dive
A man left paralysed after diving into a shallow swimming pool has received more than a million pounds in compensation.
Danny McCarrick dived into water just a metre deep at the Skipsea Sands Holiday Park in East Yorkshire. There was just one small warning sign - and no lifeguard.
Five years later, he's moved into an adapted house in New Moston. And the park has been made to pay for his care.
Clare Fallon reports.
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