ANGRY leisure chiefs called a press conference to quash rumours that a corpse was washed in Nelson's Wavelengths swimming pool.
A story was circulating in Nelson that Asian women had hired the pool, drawn the blinds "for religious reasons" and produced a body for washing before being seen by an employee.
Pendle Council said the rumours were an insult to the Asian community and his staff.
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