31.12.05 Harrow - Audit Commission notes Council's issues with LC  July 2005

31.12.05 H&SE - Swimming pool safety run down 21.3.05

22.12.05 N Kesteven - Council's half year report shows some progress by LC 12.12.05

22.12.05 Spalding - LC seeks to increase leisure fees by up to one third 21.12.05

22.12.05 G Yarmouth - Marina closure looked likely after LC's "continued stalling" 20.12.05

19.12.05 Ealing - Repeated LC failings revealed in Council reports  up to 23.9.05

17.12.05 LC tries to block dissemination of Freedom Of Information  2.12.05

17.12.05 Mole Valley - hygiene, health & staffing issues  LC seeks to block   20.10.05

26.11.05 Brent - PFI Leisure Centre agreed in  2001 to open end of 2006? 21.11.05

26.11.05 Milton Keynes - Broken Glass Hazard & General Filth  25.04.05

26.11.05 Uttlesford - "existing discounts so mean as to be unattractive" 7.6.05

12.11.05 St Albans -  LC seeks £50k compensation for Bricket Wood closure 10.11.05

12.11.05 South Norfolk - Lifeguards fail to help woman with cramp  Summer 2005

12.11.05 South Norfolk - Mould, bins not emptied, body fat, dirty playpens...  14.10.05

9.11.05  Private Eye on LC in Lambeth, Ely & Hackney 9.11.05

9.11.05  Radio Five Live Tests Pool Water - 4 out of 10 fail  5.11.05

2.11.05  Milton Keynes - Damning Health & Safety Inspection 9.5.05

28.10.05 West Devon -  The usual suspects appear in LC's first year at two centres 28.10.05

24.10.05 Great Yarmouth - Audit Commission says "significant rise" in Marina Centre complaints Jan. 05

24.10.05 Uttlesford - Disability Access Group Disappointed with LC's Response 6.9.04

19.10.05 Watch BBC TV programme on London Pools - external link 10.10.05

19.10.05 Ely - Protests at "disgusting" pool lead to doubling of cleaning hours 18.10.05

12.10.05 Ely - Refurbished pool cold & scummy,  changing rooms dirty & smelly 11.10.05

11.9.05  Brent - HSE serves improvement notice about life guarding 10.10.05

11.9.05  Lewisham - Mayor "disturbed" by nearly 2 years PFI contract with LC took 20.9.05

29.9.05  Lambeth - Council report on hygiene & other problems. Manager suspended

 24.9.05 Tunbridge W - Sole lifeguard absent & repeated failures to clean 

14.9.05  Harrow - Hand driers out of order & dirty toilets lacking disposal facilities

14.9.05  Dorking - Air conditioning out of action for a month  

14.9.05  Kerrier - Council orders pool closed after "Dangerously high temperatures"

14.9.05  Building magazine says Hackney "sacked" LC 

12.9.05  Ely "Mum slams pool over sessions for disabled" 

12.9.05  Great Yarmouth - Fire that led to evacuation started in sauna

12.9.05  North Kesteven - Report lists complaints about failure to open, cleanliness & staffing 

12.9.05  West Lindsey - Petition about dirty, mouldy and neglected changing rooms

6.9.05   Lewisham - Council £.4.5 million overspent before work starts on smaller pool

4.9.05  Maldon - Security so lax a child could be taken says owner of stolen Lexus

4.9.05   Ealing - Acton pool closed when chlorine runs out

3.9.05   Ards Council replaces Harpers brand  in 3 centres

26.8.05  Hackney - Tampon in pool and grime in changing rooms

7.8.7.05 Kerrier - Council Opts for Direct Control of Heslton Centre

7.8.05   Private Finance for  Leisure Centres "carries significant dangers"

31.7.05  St Albans  - Audit Commission reports low sports and leisure satisfaction

30.7.05  Hackney - LC keeping quiet about withdrawal 

30.7.05  Didcot- LC loses contract for two centres to SOLL

30.7.05  Brent - Council pays £369k settlement to Whitewater, the contractor before LC 

21.7.05  Hackney - LC quits four contracts in the borough 

30.6.05  G Yarmouth - Major Fire at Marina Centre 

23.6.05 St Albans  - Conservative leader fears city will have "the tackiest, worst facilities of anywhere" 

26.5.05 LC sinks without trace in Golden Goggles Awards for Best London Pool 

26.5.05 Lewisham - Councillor "Bitterly disappointed" with extended delays to PFI deal

20.5.05 St Albans  - Councillor and users concerned about "filth" at Westminster Lodge

26.4.05  St Albans  - "Dispute over millions in leisure bills"

16.4.05  South Kesteven - 304 formal complaints at one centre in 12 months

13.4.05  Lewisham - Consortium fails to meet deadline for PFI: now over a year behind

6.4.05   Spalding - "Abysmal" changing rooms and longstanding complaints

6.4.05   Holme Pierrepont - complaints about LC's response to repeated thefts

6.4.05   Who is and has been responsible for LC's record? Directors and ex-directors

28.3.05  Brent - PFI deal awarded despite minutes that record LC's "poor service"

28.3.05  Lewisham -  Contract delayed despite council's "best efforts" 

28.3.05  Spalding - Cold showers, broken lockers, falling tiles - "nothing seems to change"

6.3.05   St Albans - Swimming facility closures at busy times blamed on staff shortages

6.3.05   St Albans - Council "do not hold the information" after LC nursery slammed by OFSTED

20.2.05  Brent - Council cannot find any performance management reports for LC 

20.2.05  Dorking- Two year old Centre to be closed for "normal" repairs

20.2.05  St Albans - Council apologises after parent with two children refused swimming

20.2.05  OFT Unable to Respond to Complaints about LC and Fitness Industry Association

31.1.05  West Lindsey - Freedom of Information shows cleaning has been an issue

4.1.05    Maldon - Council issues Default Notice for failure to open centre

3.1.05    St Albans - OFSTED  finds LC's childcare "unsatisfactory" & poor hygiene throughout

29.12.04 LC uses legal threat to try to close down LCW website

27.12.04 North Kesteven - Detailed council report lists defaults, deficits and other issues 

21.12.04 Hackney - Sauna accident after bench breaks a third time + poor cleaning etc.

16.12.04 LC required to change user contracts by Office of Fair Trade

13.12.04 G Yarmouth - Council review finds little maintenance carried out till recently

11.12.04 Hackney - LC website seems unaware that Clissold has been closed for over a year

11.12.04 Yarmouth - Private Eye  -  Was it pebble or poo in pool?

30.11.04 Dorking - LC staff complain about safety, cleanliness and charges

30.11.04 St Albans - LC loses Tourism Office contract

25.11.04 G Yarmouth - Excrement in pool on 3 occasions, filthy tiles, dirty facilities etc. 

21.11.04 Harrow - Pensioners win victory and LC loses customers

31.10.04 Brent - The Curious Case of Eye Stinging Condensation

30.10.04 Stansted - "Elsenham snubs new leisure centre" - poor take-up by residents

23.10.04 Harrow - Pensioners pay 50% more, plus freezing water and cold changing rooms

28.9.04  Dunmow - Survey shows poor hygiene, repair problems,  shortage of courses and more

25.9.04  St Albans - Councillor blames LC's standards following £3 million defects report

18.9.04  Brent - Smeared excrement on wall not cleaned up

18.9.04  Harpenden - "Nappy bins were filthy and the floor and benches were covered in urine..."

18.9.04  Harpenden - Car stolen after locker forced, despite recent promise to be "extra vigilant"

6.9.04   Saffron Walden - Dissatisfied customers, concerns about cost and cleanliness

6.9.04   Dorking - Council appoints trouble-shooter..."to improve hygiene and service levels"

25.8.04 Dorking - Concerns about cleanliness, the state of the equipment and class cutbacks 

9.8.04   North Kesteven "litter and poorly maintained grounds"

9.8.04   Saffron Walden "deteriorated beyond recognition"

21.6.04  Photo of Vale Farm Pool Debris