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Inside Out East Midlands dives into swimming debate
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In the new series of Inside Out on 91Èȱ¬ One East Midlands at 7.30pm on Wednesday 17 September, Natalie Jackson talks to Rebecca Adlington's friends and family to reveal how the teenager from Mansfield become a world-beater.
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The programme also considers what Rebecca's success is likely to mean for British swimming as we approach our own Olympic Games in 2012.
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Adlington is one of two Olympic swimmers appearing in the opening programme in the new series. Sharron Davies visits Derby to highlight the plight of public pools.
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Davies notes that, while swimming remains Britain's most popular sporting pastime, with over a fifth of all adults and half of all schoolchildren regularly taking the plunge, the number of facilities is on the decline.
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She says: "It's been estimated we're losing 10% of our school pools each year and many of our public baths – and, personally, I find that a pretty scary statistic."
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Davies talks to local residents who took Derby City Council to court to save their public pool from closure.
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The programme also looks at the increasing popularity of body art, with a report from the Derby Tattoo Festival, which has become one of the biggest of its kind in Europe. Ìý
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