Councillors are being urged to ensure that users of Kenilworth's long-awaited new leisure centre don't have to pay extra for the privilege.

A report considered by Warwick District Council's cabinet last week stated that the new facility at Abbey Fields "is expected to open in April 2026", although it was said that was now the completion date as opposed to when the public could use it.

That means an end is in sight to a protracted project that saw costs rocket to £22 million from an original £8.5 million estimate, primarily due to the discovery of medieval remains which required the building to be put on a raised concrete slab to protect what lay underneath.

Of greater concern to elected officials is the statement that charges would "be considered and agreed in a later report closer to

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