Ben Bradshaw, the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, has seen for himself the difference the Government’s Free Swimming initiative is making to under 16s in one of the most deprived areas of the country.Bradshaw visited Gloucester’s GL1

With the London 2012 Olympic countdown approaching 1,000 days (Saturday 31 October 2009), the aquatic disciplines remain on course in their preparations for the first home Olympic Games since 1948.British Swimming sent a total of 49 athletes to represent swimming,