https://metro.co.uk/2018/07/12/families-told-to-remove-community-paddling-pool-so-burglars-dont-drown-7710387/https://inews.co.uk/news/uk/family-paddling-pool-burglars-drown/https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/6764374/paddling-pool-burglars-strood-kent/
Maria Young and her friends who live in the same block of flats clubbed together and bought the 12 foot pool and cover for £64 during the recent heatwave.But officials reportedly told them it either must go, or have to be emptied every night.The company MHS Homes, which manages the properties in Strood, Kent, said the paddling pool is not safe.Mrs Young, 47, said: ‘They said if someone breaks in they might drown in the pool.'‘I don’t understand. People in other places are allowed them in their community gardens.'‘A team of them came and said initially we’d have to get rid of it. They then changed their mind and said we had to put it down each night for health and safety issues.’The pool holds 15,000 gallons of water and takes three hours to refill.Mrs Young, who says relaxing in the pool helps aid her spine disease, added: ‘We sit out the back together and socialise. It’s completely enclosed.'‘They said we could take it down and empty it each night but there’s a water shortage on the way. It’s a waste.'‘It’s fun for the kids. It’s better being out in the fresh air than stuck in doors.'‘There’s no way I’m taking it down. They’ll have to carry me out laying in it.’
