Ellie Cook
British Olympic swimmer Duncan Alexander Goodhew, MBE at Clissold Leisure Centre.
- Credit: Steve Bainbridge, www.better.org.uk
Members have been hitting Hackney gyms and leisure centres as Covid restrictions ease as part of the government s roadmap out of lockdown.
Clissold Leisure Centre in Stoke Newington celebrated its reopening on April 12 with celebrity guests and media presence, including former Olympic swimming gold medallist Duncan Goodhew, and members of the synchronised swimming group, Aquabatix.
“It went really well,” said Katie Foulger, Hackney partnership manager for Better, the charity social enterprise managing numerous leisure centres on the council’s behalf.
Woman on brink of death in lifeless body walks again in Mother s Day miracle Mirror 14/03/2021
These are the scenes her husband and three children thought they would never see.
Hayley Trotman is walking again just seven months after being suddenly paralysed by a rare nerve disorder.
Back in August the primary school teaching assistant couldn’t even move her eyelids and her chances of getting back on her feet were almost zero.
But thanks to the incredible dedication, expertise and facilities of an elite group of physiotherapists, she has made a miraculous recovery and is now home in time for Mother’s Day.