A DISUSED water attraction in the UK is set to reopen following the announcement of a £10million refurbishment. When the summer arrives and sunny days return, people up and down the country will be heading to their local lido to cool down. 6 The lido used to be a very popular place for locals and … Read more
Olympic champion Mack Horton has announced his retirement from swimming just six months out from Paris 2024. The 27-year-old’s future had been up in the air since he missed the cut for the Australian squad at last year’s world championships. But only now, with the Olympic trials coming up in June, has the gold medal-winning … Read more
People could be making tracks to see an impressive new exhibit of 320-million-year-old footprints at the Cape Breton Fossil Centre in Sydney Mines, N.S. A group of geologists from Cape Breton University recently found fossilized claw imprints that are remarkable for their size and age. “The stuff we get on Cape Breton and in Nova Scotia … Read more
MUM-of-two Jo Myles was saved by swimming – after a shock breast cancer diagnosis. The Edinburgh 50-year-old went through really dark periods as she waited for test results and treatment. But starting cold water swimming in the freezing waters off Edinburgh changed her outlook. 2 Swimming has changed Jo’s life for the better 2 She’s … Read more
Olympic swimming champion Stephanie Rice has announced her new love publicly, just months after moving her life to the United Arab Emirates. The 35-year-old triple gold medallist said earlier this month that she moved to Dubai “on a one-way ticket”. And if that wasn’t already enough of a life shake-up, Rice has now gone public … Read more
AIRPORTS can be some of the most boring places to have to kill time, with very little in the way of entertainment. Just as dull are airport hotels, which typically tend to offer nothing more than a bland room in a strategic location for a late arrival or an early departure. 6 The resort is … Read more
An underwater marine survey completed at West Mabou Beach in Port Hood has yielded some interesting results that shed new light on what species dwell in Nova Scotian harbours. The survey was completed by the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society, and their findings were released at a public meeting in the Cape Breton community of Mabou on Monday evening. … Read more
As It Happens6:32The mating dance of sea fireflies is ‘the coolest fireworks show that you’ve ever seen’: scientist Nicholai Hensley has spent countless hours standing waist-deep in pitch-black waters off the coast of Panama, watching thousands of tiny sea creatures perform dazzling displays of bright blue light. The creatures — each the size of a … Read more
