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Public warned to avoid swimming in bad weather.
Tracey Crouch has said she will focus on grassroots sport, welfare and wellbeing of athletes, fairness in sport and continued success at elite level
Final year before bathing waters have to meet new water quality standards which are twice as strict.
Britain’s young athletes have won 13 medals at the first Youth Olympic Games in Singapore.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
8 beaches in Cornwall and a beach in Bournemouth have been designated as bathing waters.
First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government
Students take part in exchange programme with 2016 Olympics hosts.
British High Commissioner Menna Rawlings joined Barmy Army supporters in Brisbane to wish the visiting England fans a safe trip this Ashes series.
With significant numbers of people expected to take to the water this weekend in England, HM Coastguard is asking everyone to take extra care in extraordinary times.
FS Lane, who is 50 years old and trained as an RAF physical training instructor, was visiting the beach with his family when he noticed a family…
Government proposals to slash the current threshold to just five megalitres of water.
The start of construction of part of a major centre for Service personnel recovering from conditions and injuries was marked this week.
Non-native invasive species cost the British economy at least £1.7 billion each year and millions of pounds is spent on aquatic invaders alone.
Recognising the risks and following simple beach safety rules could save your life.
Minister for Africa and Zimbabwean Minister for Education, Sport, Arts and Culture cheer on Zimbabwean and Team GB swimmers.
The reminder comes as flood water is discharged out to sea.
65 serving personnel and veterans will represent the UK at the fifth Invictus Games in The Hague next year.
A new pass has opened up 34 kilometres (21 miles) of the River Witham for fish and eels, making it easier for them to migrate and spawn.
30-year-old Flight Lieutenant Rachael Cadman from RAF Cranwell could soon be the first woman ever to complete the gruelling Enduroman Arch to Arc; starting in London and finishing, five days later, in Paris.
Glorious sunshine and hot temperatures has seen the Coastguard deal with more than 2,500 incidents in the past month alone.
At an international conference on safety, the Children's Minister discusses the government's role in protecting its citizens.
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