A has said there are no problems with the fire doors at a leisure centre after one of the doors had a chair wedged inside of it. Coun Matthew Bailey (Conservative), who represents the St Wulframs ward, raised concerns about the fire doors at Grantham Meres Leisure Centre, to members of the culture and leisure overview and scrutiny committee at on Tuesday (October 14).

He said he was visiting the leisure centre with his son and noticed that the chair had jammed the door shut. Coun Bailey said: “I sent an email a couple of weeks ago about a real health and safety concern at the Meres.

“I was there with my little boy, walking around, as you do, and some of the fire escapes had been kind of secured with a chair. I know it was a windy day but obviously from an evacuation perspective, that is

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