Campaigners have called for swimming to be made a priority in sports lessons after a study revealed one in three children leaves primary school without the skill.

It comes as recent figures showed that drowning is the third most common cause of accidental death of children in England - prompting concern that many youngsters do not know how to swim. More...

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