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Hydrotherapy Pool

MOVES TO enable disabled people to use the hydrotherapy pool at Stranraer Academy are continuing.

Members of the school board are keen to see the pool used by groups who might benefit but were worried about certain aspects such as insurance.

At last week's board meeting, chairman Sam Scobie said he had spoken to Dumfries and Galloway Council letting officer who said the school carried public liability insurance.

He had had another meeting with the Coalition for Disabled People and had also spoken on the matter to Academy rector, Jimmy Higgins and hopefully there would be a visit to the pool by some coalition members within the next week or two to see how the facility could be used by them.