CHILDREN at Hay-on-Wye primary school will be able to enjoy swimming lessons once again thanks to the efforts of staff and parents.

Pupils were being bussed from Hay-on-Wye all the way to Builth Wells to swim despite having a pool of their own in the school grounds due to local authority budget cuts.

Parents and staff have rallied round to raise the necessary funds to run the pool themselves and children will be able to use the pool again after the Christmas break.

The school's PTFA rose to the challenge to raise enough funds to re-open the pool after Powys County Council said they would no longer fund it and funding was not forthcoming from elsewhere.

A team of volunteers will now be working hard to get the pool ready for its re-opening in January.

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