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An investigation is under way after a fire ripped through fishing sheds and a boat yard on the banks of the Tyne. Plumes of black smoke could be seen billowing for miles around the site after the fire broke out on Wapping Street at around 11am on Thursday. It is understood the fire started at fishermen’s sheds and the boatyard, …

Support worker Dawn Nicholson let first aiders pull a fishing hook out of her nose so that her patient could continue with the angling competition he was taking part in. The selfless 40-year-old was looking after a man who was competing in the Jack Charlton Trout Cup at Kielder when the accident happened. Despite suffering the painful injury, the mother …

DENNIS Jones, from Rogiet, has smashed the Newport AA pike record with a monster 38lb 7oz fish he caught while carp fishing at Woodstock Pond. The 58-year-old self-employed gardener had caught carp over 20lb on recent visits to the Newport pond. He had already landed one of 11lb when the pike chomped on the boilie and artificial sweetcorn cocktail he …

If you’re thinking of a complete lifestyle change to somewhere more peaceful, close to nature and with the potential to expand, this Pembrokeshire farmhouse and holiday business could be for you. There’s a lot on offer for the price of £1.15m at Wellstone Cottages near Llanfrynach, including the pretty stone farmhouse for the owners and four established four star holiday …

A teenager has reeled in a huge arsenal of weapons including grenades, guns and knives from waterways since taking up magnet fishing. George Tindale, 13, has recovered the deadly haul of firearms from rivers and canals since getting into the unusual hobby with dad Kevin, 50, just a year ago. In just the last four weeks alone, the schoolboy had …

Police are investigating after angling equipment worth thousands of pounds was stolen from a Fife fishery business. The owners of Raith Lake Fly Fishing, which is based on Boglily Road just outside Kirkcaldy, have been devastated by the break-in which happened sometime between closing time on Monday at 4pm and 8.30am on Tuesday. The owners Craig and Rachael Scott say …

Greengrocer Dean, 53, caught the giant mirror carp – nicknamed because of its beak-like mouth – after fishing for three years at Cranwells Lake on the Wasing Estate near Newbury, Berks.  He had waited seven years to get a licence to fish the waters where The Parrot has lured countless anglers.  Dean, from Caversham, Berks, spent 30 minutes reeling in …

Angry angler George Holland has been ordered to pay fines and costs totalling £1,855.81 – after becoming abusive when he was caught fishing at a beauty spot without a licence. A water bailiff approached the 51-year-old after he turned up at Isaak Walton Fishery, near Stone, without a £30 licence. But the defendant started threatening the Environment Agency (EA) enforcement …

A young fisherman who set out to reel in some halibut got the shock of his life when an alien-like fish took his bait. Oscar Lundahl, 19, nearly jumped out of his fishing boat when he saw the bizarre-looking species with bulbous eyes on the end of his line. The specimen is in actual fact a ratfish, whose Latin name …

Ricky sure is imaginative when it comes to his angling line (Picture: Instagram/@filthyhooker) Not content with a life living the dream as a member of the Towie crew, reality star Ricky Rayment has thrown in the TV towel to launch a fishing clothing line. Yes, you read that right. The reality star, who was on Towie from series four to …