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Swimming Skills in Crisis for UK Kids | Manchester News

Swimming Skills in Crisis for UK Kids | Manchester News

Published 2 weeks, 5 days ago
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Olympic swimmer Rebecca Adlington is sounding the alarm: three in ten kids finishing primary school in Greater Manchester can’t swim 25 meters, and it’s worse for those on free school meals. With heatwaves driving up drownings—including 19 in the UK alone in May—Adlington calls swimming a life-saving skill that must be taught in schools, especially near open water. She highlights the real barriers schools face, like costly transportation, while stressing urgent action is needed to reverse this alarming trend.

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