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BBC News
3 hours ago
- General
- BBC News
Families 'frustrated' as Coate Water splash park closes again
Families have been left frustrated after a £475,000 splash park was forced to close for the second time this summer. Coate Water splash park in Swindon was closed on Friday to repair sections of the flooring which had lifted, creating a trip hazard for children. The facility - which has been open for less than a year - was also closed in June for emergency repairs, but officials hope the current work being carried out will mean it remains open for the rest of the summer holidays. Swindon Borough Council's Marina Strinkovky said: "It's so frustrating and disappointing and I'm so empathetic towards parents who are having this disappointment when they're coming to the park." In a statement shared to Facebook, the council said it had taken the "difficult decision" to temporarily close the water park "for a short period", with the intention that the facility would remain open throughout the rest of the summer. The park has seen repeated issues with the flexible floor tiles lifting. In June, the tiles became loose when the concrete underneath failed and needed to be re-secured. Mum Rosie Tugwell told BBC Radio Wiltshire she had noticed a tile lifting at the park during her last visit. "It is a real shame, but hopefully it will be open soon," she added, praising the otherwise "lovely" facility. Ms Strinkovsky said "leading national contractors" were at the park working to inspect "absolutely every tile to make sure they are all safe". She also explained that contractors would be back on site at the end of the season in October to carry out a "thorough investigation" to find out what had gone wrong with the installation of the park.
CTV News
16 hours ago
- Automotive
- CTV News
Cambridge Centre closed Wednesday due to watermain break
Watermain repairs at the Cambridge Centre on July 23, 2025. (Sidra Jafri/CTV News) The Cambridge Centre shut its doors Wednesday as crews worked to fix a watermain break. 'The mall will reopen once the repair is complete,' a social media post said. By noon, workers could be seen near one of the entrances. An excavator had been brought in to rip up asphalt and dirt from the parking lot. The extent of the damage, if any, is not known.
BBC News
a day ago
- General
- BBC News
Devon footbridge closed in 2023 set for repairs
A "vital" footbridge in East Devon which has been closed to the public for almost two years is being dismantled so it can be repaired. Coleridge Bridge, which links the two parts of Ottery St Mary, closed to the public in December 2023 after being hit by a tree, which damaged its deck and County Council said a delay in repairing the the bridge was due to "environmental considerations" in planning the work with the Environment Jess Bailey said she was optimistic the "absolutely vital link for residents" would be repaired and opened to the public in September. A crane was being used to dismantle the bridge in sections before it would be transported off site for repairs, project staff said. Bailey said: "I'm delighted we have reached this major milestone in the re-instatement of Coleridge Bridge. "The footbridge is an absolutely vital link for residents of Ottery St Mary and students of the Kings School. "I'm really optimistic that the bridge will be opened in September which will be excellent news." Consideration from the Environment Agency was needed as repair work to the bridge's central support involves working within the riverbed. Councillor Dan Thomas said: "Everyone would have wanted this work to have got under way sooner."There's been a lot of discussions and planning with the Environment Agency in advance of getting on site to ensure environmental considerations have been factored into the work."
BBC News
a day ago
- General
- BBC News
Concerns as Douglas care home repairs take over six weeks
Concerns have been raised about the state of a residential home's living room after it has been left cordoned off for repairs for more than six work on front room windows is being carried out at Thie Milan residential home in Douglas, which is maintained by the Department of Infrastructure. Frances Tinkler, who's 29-year-old daughter Elizabeth is among the residents, said they "shouldn't have to get used to part of their living room being cordoned off like an accident site".A DOI spokesman said the repairs had "taken longer than anticipated due to the building being located in a conservation area". Ms Tinkler's daughter has Down's Syndrome and autism and has lived in the home for five years. "She is incredibly independent and able in so many ways, but needs quite a bit of support in other ways," she said. She said the living room was like a "building site" and it sent a message that the residents were "less worthy, or it is less important than it would be in a private home". She continued: "Parents in a home would have that work remediated fairly quickly, but this just seems to be put on the back burner, you shouldn't have to jump through a million hoops for something to be repaired."Her concerns came following the publication of an independent review which found some residential homes had been "poorly maintained" and there were cases in which "inappropriate workarounds" had become the norm. Ms Tinkler is also a director of local learning disability charity Manx home, which is owned by the Department for Health and Social Care, is run by Manx Care and has one member of staff responsible for the residents at a time, who Ms Tinkler said had been chasing up the situation with the said the cordon had meant her daughter had been going up to her room earlier as the residents were "squashed" in their communal area. "These are people who like structure, who like things in the right place, who are organised, so chaos does not go down well," she said."If it is dangerous, then residents should not be in that room, a bit of cordon is not going to stop them from going in that area."The DOI spokesman said the department had been working with an engineer at Thie team had been liaising with the building conservation officer to ensure the proposed works were "sympathetic to the character of the area", he expect to install new windows by the end of the week while masonry repairs would be completed by mid-August, the spokesman added. Read more stories from the Isle of Man on the BBC, watch BBC North West Tonight on BBC iPlayer and follow BBC Isle of Man on Facebook and X.
BBC News
2 days ago
- Climate
- BBC News
Caledonian Isles: Arran ferry return delayed by up to four months
An ageing ferry which has not sailed since January last year could be out of service for another four months, operator CalMac has 32-year-old MV Caledonian Isles was forced out of action 18 months ago, leaving a hole in the timetable for the west coast has now said the vessel will return to dry dock for further repairs - which will likely take between eight weeks and four months - prompting a re-think of the winter repair bill for the ferry, which has been side-lined from the Arran route since January 2024, has already risen to nearly £11m. Calmac said MV Caledonian Isles will enter drydock in Leith in the coming days for works to repair an issue with "instability in pitch response".The ferry will have its shaft lines removed for further investigation. This will take a minimum of eight weeks including sea this doesn't solve the problem - the retrofitting of a new system to improve the accuracy of the pitch input will be attempted. This would take four Mackison, CalMac CEO, said: "Based on the current prognosis, we could be in a situation where MV Caledonian Isles returns in September in a best-case scenario or November in a worst-case scenario."However, we intend to publish winter timetables soon and aim to give communities and customers certainty about service levels and vessel deployment during that period."This is a complex process as we need to develop this plan whilst factoring in an annual overhaul schedule that will see a fleet, which is another year older, spend a record of number of days in planned maintenance."The ferry operator's winter timetable runs from 20 October to 26 March 2026, and its entire fleet undergoes annual maintenance between September and May each year.
