Leisure centre closed for months

The centre was built on the former Cattle Market site

A leisure centre badly damaged by recent flooding in Gloucestershire will remain closed for several months.

Most of the electrical and mechanical equipment at the Cotswold Leisure Centre in Cirencester will now have to be replaced.

The centre closed on 20 July after the plant room flooded.

Cotswold District councillor David Fowles said: "We are satisfied the building can cope with rainwater in all but exceptional cases."

More than 70,000 gallons of water have been pumped from the plant room.

The council said it was too early to say how much the repairs would cost, but that it was insured.