Swimming

Mark O'Brien says it was a 'real shock' when he was diagnosed. He now says he wants to leave his children with 'lifetime memories' by breaking a world record.

A new report by Swim England suggests 62 swimming pools have been closed down in the North East since 2010, with 1,000 closing nationally.

Gill Castle, from Alnwick, who has been training for months, completed the feat on Tuesday 12 September after swimming through the night.