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Swimming: Katie Ledecky shatters 1500m freestyle world record
Tuesday 30 July 2013
Katie Ledecky took six seconds off the 1500 metres freestyle world record as she claimed her second gold of the World Championships in Barcelona.
Foreign Office names British teenager feared drowned off French coast
Friday 26 July 2013
Kieran Knight, 16, was on holiday with his family in the Landes region near Bordeaux
Tiger given swimming lessons to cope with the heat
Wednesday 24 July 2013
A Sumatran tiger residing at London Zoo has been given swimming lessons to cool him down in the recent British heatwave.
River Wear tragedy: hero teenager lost her life trying in vain to save another girl
Wednesday 24 July 2013
Two teenage girls found by police divers in named
Olympic legacy: Medals will increase pool of talent
Sunday 21 July 2013
British swimmers failed at London Games and if there are no role models the grass roots will suffer
Two men killed after swimming in disused quarry in Norfolk
Wednesday 17 July 2013
Bodies found in the water as police and health organisations issue warnings about staying safe during the hot weather
Susan Taylor: Charity donations soar for swimmer who died attempting to cross the English Channel
Monday 15 July 2013
34-year-old ran into difficulties as she neared the end of the 21-mile crossing
Police investigating the disappearance of Hollie McClymount confirm they have found a body
Wednesday 10 July 2013
Police investigating the disappearance of a 14-year-old girl who was last seen in difficulty in the sea have recovered a body.
Wimbledon final Sunday is hottest day of the year
Sunday 07 July 2013
Thermometers expected to read 30°C or higher by the end of the day in the south
'Dead' body of pensioner floating in Nottinghamshire river was actually alive
Friday 05 July 2013
Police were called to Colwick Marina after the captain of a pleasure cruiser reported a body floating in the water on Tuesday
Swimming: Bill Furniss eager to turn up the heat on British hopefuls in quest to make bigger splash
Sunday 30 June 2013
New national swimming coach has Adlington's blessing but World Championships may be too soon to tell
Matt Butler: Why people take a neoprene and Lycra-clad journey to hell
Monday 24 June 2013
View From The Sofa: Ironman 2013, Channel 4
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Is the Muslim call to prayer really such a menace?
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Channel 4 to 'provoke' viewers who associate Islam with terrorism with live call to prayer during Ramadan
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US army doctor returns arm to Vietnamese soldier fifty years after he took it as a souvenir
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Police seize possessions of rough sleepers in crackdown on homelessness
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Demand for food banks has nothing to do with benefits squeeze, says Work minister Lord Freud
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