Visit any open-water swimming spot during the winter and you’ll see people congregating in swim robes like a strange furry-cloak-clad cult. But dismiss the mighty swim robe at your peril. If you want ...

British broadcaster James May has confirmed that he, Jeremy Clarkson and Richard Hammond have split, saying a reunion between the famous motoring trio is now highly unlikely. May, Clarkson and ...

A primary school's swimming pool is facing closure due to running costs. St Martin and St Mary Primary School in Windermere, Cumbria, currently helps around seven other schools to meet their ...

A swimming pool is set to reopen after a council committee has endorsed a plan to buy it. Kirkham Swimming Pool in Lancashire closed in December 2021. Following a review of the pool's condition ...

The four, with their 30kg (4st 10lb) red nose, reached their first peak at about 07:30 GMT A team from BBC Radio Shropshire has finished a 12-hour challenge to reach the top of the county's three ...

Hundreds of solar panels are being used to help power a council-run pool and gym. Approximately 430 panels at Hetton Pool and Wellness Centre in Sunderland and are being used to heat the pool and ...

A paddling pool in Nottingham that has been closed for almost four years should be back open by late spring, according to the city council. The Victoria Embankment Paddling Pool was was forced to ...

The BBC pays senior managers who are from diverse backgrounds more than those who are not, it has emerged. Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT), ethnic minority, disabled and female ...

Solar panels have been installed on the roofs of two swimming pools to help reduce energy bills and carbon dioxide emissions. Government funding of about £255,000, granted to Worcester City ...

In this brand-new issue of Top Gear magazine we drive a £4m track only Bugatti. Be honest, did you even flinch when you read £4m? It’s a preposterous amount of money – enough to buy 13 ...

The actors have become regular wild swimmers in recent years. In their latest BBC Scotland TV series, they visit some of Scotland's islands and try out a whole host of different dipping spots in ...