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[paliometoxo]

A BRITISH toddler has drowned while holidaying in the occupied areas last week, it emerged yesterday.
Rosie Bastin, aged two, fell into the pool at the villa owned by Glen and Sue Rawlings, her grandparents, at the Carrington Marina development in the northern town of Kalogrea.
According to media reports, paramedics were called to the villa after Bastin was pulled unconscious from the pool. The paramedics took her to the nearby Kyrenia hospital; however doctors were unable to save her.
The tragedy occurred at around 6.30pm last Wednesday as the family's two-week summer holiday was coming to an end.
The child, who had one older and one younger sibling, was reported to have only been in the water for a matter of minutes before her family realised she was missing.
Her parents, Naomi Bayldon and Mark Bastin, were reported in the British press to be too upset to discuss the tragedy.
The couple’s neighbours, Ian and Lesley Kranzke told the Daily Mail that they were shocked and saddened to hear of the little girl's death.
“She was a beautiful little girl. There were three children, a younger brother and an older brother. They are a lovely family,” said Lesley Kranzke.
The villa which the tragedy took place in is now up for sale.
Kranzke said “The Rawlings will be absolutely devastated, I just can't believe it. We can't imagine what they are going through.”
The tragedy comes less than a month after the Eurosafe European Child Safety Alliance published advice to parents on how to keep their children safe from drowning in swimming pools, entitled Protecting Children and Youths in Water Recreation
According to Eurosafe, drowning is the second leading cause of injury death to children in Europe, and they have published comprehensive advice online on how to prevent it.
Eurosafe also recommends swimming lessons, and advises against relying on swimming rings and bath seats as floatation devices.
In Cyprus, property owners are required to conform to strict swimming pool safety regulations before they are issued with title deeds. These regulations state, for example, that the same standards must be in place for shared private pools as with public pools.
However, many property owners who already have their title deeds have not conformed to the regulations, and so parents must also be aware of the safety setups at friends’ pools that their children might visit.

[Oracle]

Another reason why we don't need swimming pools in every "villa"!

[ttoli]

Another reason why we don't need swimming pools in every "villa"!

Have you no shame?

[paliometoxo]

Villa? Antropi theia!!!

[Oracle]

Excuse me, Palio, I hate using that word and tried quotation marks.

As for swimming pools; here are some safety measures to be followed, but in my opinion, the safest thing is not to have them in the first place!

http://www.francereview.com/articles/gi ... tions1.php

[paliometoxo]

hehe yes i understood i was just joking

[SpartanGamer]

Another reason why we don't need swimming pools in every "villa"!

Have you no shame?

Shaddup, that was funny