Esther was educated at the Burgh school and Galashiels Academy, a bright pupil who could have gone to university but left school at 16 to be a medical secretary at Peel Hospital before joining the ...

Primary school pupils would be given free swimming lessons under a Scottish Labour government, the party has pledged.

Scottish Labour pledged to give every P5 child in Scotland the chance to learn with a ‘Chance to Swim’ scheme.

The centre in Helensburgh, had it's roof blown off by gale force winds - just one year after it was shut down by Storm Isha.

Despite its close proximity to Scotland’s busiest airport ... Irene Forte skincare products are used in rejuvenating facials and body wraps, while a huge swimming pool, several saunas, and a steam ...

Surrounded by greenery, Casa Travella has two bedrooms, two verandas, a large outdoor wood-burning oven and stone barbecue, and a swimming pool on one of the many terraces. It is three miles from ...

"I spent about two and a half weeks before the competition travelling through Scotland ... finished in the pool. "I was contemplating retiring from ice racing – not ice swimming – but the ...

A truck and its driver have been swallowed by a sinkhole on a busy intersection in Japan, officials say, with a rescue operation under way. The driver was still trapped in the vehicle eight hours ...

Helensburgh’s storm-hit £22million state-of-the-art leisure centre remains shut as efforts to make it wind and water tight goes on. Engineers are assessing the scale of the damage caused by ...

It is hoped work to install solar panels on three sports centres in Cornwall will help significantly reduce swimming pool energy costs. Work has started at St Ives Leisure Centre and Helston ...

Proposed new laws debated in the Greek parliament this week could pave the way for pipes to be installed connecting swimming pools at coastal hotels with the sea. The aim is to save shrinking ...

But so far the company's attempts to win business in Scotland have been stymied ... driving up the membership of sports clubs, gyms, swimming pools and other activities. “Because that’s ...