A Greater Manchester town's main swimming pool is closed due to a national shortage of chlorine. Public swimming sessions at the pool at Castle Leisure Centre in Bury have been suspended until further notice
However swimming lessons at the centre will still go-ahead, as the council attempts to manage its dwindling supplies of sodium hypochlorite. Bury's other swimming pools - at Ramsbottom and Radcliffe - remain open as they use a different chemical.
In a statement Bury council said: "Due to a national shortage of sodium hypochlorite, we must temporarily limit swimming at Castle Leisure Centre to swimming lessons only. This means that public swimming sessions will not be available until further notice.
