Trans people will be allowed to swim in Hampstead Heath ponds after ruling

The ponds have been at the centre of debate around single-sex spaces (Picture: Jeremy Selwyn)

A charity has been blocked from challenging rules allowing trans people to use single-sex facilities in Hampstead Heath’s swimming ponds.

A High Court judge dismissed the legal challenge brought by gender-critical charity Sex Matters against the City of London, which operates the men’s, ladies’ and mixed bathing ponds in north London.

The barristers for Sex Matters told a hearing in...