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Dive centres closed down in Egypt

Wed, 29 Apr 2009 14:31:00 +0100

The Chamber of Diving and Watersports (CDWS) in Egypt has announced that 23 diving centres in the South Sinai area have been closed down.

Divers rescued near Lands End

Mon, 27 Apr 2009 12:35:00 +0100

Seven shore divers were rescued after they were caught in strong tides off Porthgwarra near Lands End last week

Diver airlifted to decompression chamber

Mon, 27 Apr 2009 12:27:00 +0100

A diver was airlifted to hospital suffering from symptoms of decompression sickness after a 48-metre dive.

Casting call for divers

Thu, 23 Apr 2009 12:16:00 +0100

A new TV series needs two experienced divers to be its co-hosts.

BSAC Branch Volunteer of the Year

Wed, 22 Apr 2009 13:07:00 +0100

Nominate the unsung hero of your dive club for a BSAC award and they could win a Suunto D6 dive computer.

Legendary explorer dies

Dec, 2 Nov 2008 07:58:00 +0100

Legendary Swiss diver Jacques Piccard has died.

Teacher dies on Scapa dive trip

Thu, 23 Oct 2008 11:45:00 +0100

A teacher who died after a diving accident on a school trip to Scapa Flow off Orkney, Scotland on Monday (20 October) has been named by police.

Helicopter winch failure during diver rescue

Tue, 28 Oct 2008 15:56:00 +0100

A diver who died after a rescue, during which the coastguard helicopter winch failed to work, has been named by police.

Diver was killed after suit inflated

Wed, 22 Oct 2008 16:50:50 +0100

A diver died when his suit's inflator button was mistakenly pressed sending him to the surface, an inquest hears.

Diver in winch fail rescue named

Thu, 23 Oct 2008 13:15:18 +0100

A diver who died after a rescue operation in which a winch failed on a coastguard helicopter is named.

Teacher died during school dive

Tue, 21 Oct 2008 16:18:13 +0100

A female diver who died in Orkney has been named as a "wonderful" teacher on a school trip from Devon.

Rescued diver dies in hospital

Mon, 20 Oct 2008 07:20:09 +0100

A diver from Somerset dies in hospital after surfacing unconscious off the Dorset coast.

Female Scapa Flow death probed

Mon, 20 Oct 2008 16:53:01 +0100

A female diver dies at the famous Scapa Flow area of Orkney, sparking a police and HSE inquiry.

Tributes to tragic hero

Tue, 21 Oct 2008 10:46:30 +0100

HUNDREDS gathered to pay tribute to an expedition leader swept out to sea in South Africa as he tried to save a group of youths.

Fog hampers divers' rescue

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 13:36:00 +0100

A DRAMATIC rescue in deep fog led to nine divers being rescued by lifeboat crews from both Lowestoft and Southwold. The crews, shrouded in fog, worked as darkness fell on Sunday to rescue the divers who were stranded 35 miles off Southwold after their boat Zeus had suffered engine failure.

Cornish divers find Canadian wreck

Fri, 8 Aug 2008 14:09:00 +0100

A team of divers has discovered missing remains from a Canadian military aeroplane that crashed in 1942.

Plymouth divers guilty of NHS fraud

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 13:37:00 +0100

A diving centre boss and instructor face jail after attempting to defraud the NHS of £250,000 by falsely claiming to have treated divers for decompression treatment in Plymouth, Devon.

Young diver feared dead

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 12:53:00 +0100

The search for a 14-year-old diver who went missing on Tuesday while diving off the Devon coast has been called off.

Coastguard staff in pay walkout

Sat, 23 Aug 2008 19:05:07 +0100

Coastguard workers around the UK have begun a 48-hour strike in a long-running dispute over pay.

Injured diver flown to hospital

Sat, 23 Aug 2008 17:10:34 +0100

A man is flown to hospital after being injured while diving near the Farne Islands off the Northumberland coast.