The sport of outdoor swimming has benefited from unprecedented publicity as a result of the easing of England’s lockdown.As restrictions which have been in place since before Christmas began to be lifted, media outlets flocked to open-air pools to report on the return to organised outdoor sports and …

But Swim England pleads for funding to save them long-termWe can all look forward to taking the plunge from next Wednesday (2 December) when the national lockdown ends, with swimming pools being given the go-ahead to welcome visitors.So after large parts of this year have seen pools being out of bou …