'Over the last 30 years, we have seen around a 70percentnt decline in the number of pool diving facilities open to the public in the UK, taking away the only safe alternative to cliff jumping,' the two bodies claim.
Moseley Road, Balsall Heath, Birmingham, B12 9BX (0121 464 0150; moseleyroadbaths.co.uk) Southend Leisure Centre With its 25m competition pool, and world-class diving facilities, this is one of the best swimming pools in Europe, according to Kate.
The article also misstated, in some editions, part of the name of the swimming and diving facility at Stanford University, where Lochte competed in the United States championships last week.
Other features at the new centre include a 10m diving facility in the main eight-lane swimming pool, while the five-lane community pool has a moveable floor to enable a range of classes to take place, from special needs and baby groups to aqua aerobics.
A diving-duck facility will have four pools and its own filtering system.
The laboratories at Rothera are very well equipped with, for example, analytical chemistry and microbiology labs, a controlled environment room, an aquarium, and a modern diving and boating facility.
Its sale follows bids to turn the ship into a London heliport, a dive site off Devon or other facilities overseas.
We thank Malcolm Reid (University of Otago), and Jeremy Bulleid and Claire Coppard for advice on and construction of the spectrophotometer, respectively, Sarah Allen for her work in establishing the containment facility, and the K082 dive team (all NIWA) for Laternula elliptica collection.
A disused reservoir, which was often broken into by people who wanted to go swimming, is to become a scuba diving and underwater training facility.
Most facilities that offer SCUBA courses are also dive shops.
