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ABC News
36 minutes ago
- Climate
- ABC News
Cundle Flat residents still isolated by flood damage.
A Mid North Coast community spent one month relying on chopper drops in the wake of May's devastating floods. Supplied: Pip Hamersley-Everett
ABC News
10 hours ago
- General
- ABC News
St Georges Road mansion in Toorak destroyed by blaze
A home under renovation on St Georges Road in Toorak has collapsed after a fiercely burning blaze.
Yahoo
a day ago
- General
- Yahoo
Inverness park sauna plan recommended for approval
Councillors have been asked to approve plans for a 26-seat electric community sauna in an Inverness public park. Community Sauna Highland's proposal for Bellfield Park, which is in a residential area on the city's riverside, includes a cold plunge pool and changing room. Highland Council has received 12 objections and 13 messages of support to the plans. Officials at the local authority have recommended that next week's south planning applications committee grant full planning permission, but with conditions. They include restrictions on noise and a requirement that a member of staff is at the site at all times when open. More stories from the Highlands and Islands News from the Highlands and Islands on BBC Sounds Among objectors' concerns were a lack of parking at the park and noise from visitors. People supporting the application said it would help bring the community together and improve an "unsightly" corner of the park. In a report to the committee, officials said the sauna would be screened from view by hedges and there were no plans for music or alcohol to be permitted. Sauna bathing is described as a form of therapy that takes place in a room usually heated by burning wood or electricity. It is popular in parts of northern Europe including Finland, Sweden and Germany. Bellfield Park, on Inverness's Riverside area, already has tennis courts and a council-maintained children's play area. Community sauna proposed for city centre park Highland Council Community Sauna Highland
CTV News
2 days ago
- Health
- CTV News
‘A treasure to this community': Fritz Sick Pool reopens following renovations
Fritz Sick Pool has reopened after undergoing extensive renovations to bring the facility up to accessibility standards over the past few months.
Washington Post
3 days ago
- Washington Post
Berlin banned river swimming a century ago. Locals now want to jump back into the water
BERLIN — A century after the city of Berlin banned swimming in the Spree River because it was so polluted that locals were at risk of falling ill, there's a push by swimmers to get back into the water. On Tuesday, around 200 people jumped into the river's slow-moving, greenish water to show that it's not only clean enough, but also lots of fun to splash and swim in the city's historic Mitte neighborhood along the world-famous Museum Island .
