Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Some swimmers have also found wild swimming to be an antidote to pandemic-era loneliness and mental health struggles. Jessica J.

Snow is predicted to move east across southern Scotland, as Scots are being warned this is likely to fall on frozen surfaces making for icy conditions and disruption.

Photos show brave cold water swimmers breaking the ice of a frozen reservoir with a hammer - to go for a dip.

The “wild swimming” trend — aka open-water swimming, or taking dips in lakes, rivers, streams or even the sea — isn't exactly new. Still, it has been increasing in popularity over the past decade, ...