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In March 1975, long before iPads and smart phones, a new angling club was formed to counter concerns that local youngsters were becoming too inactive. A few months earlier, Bodelwyddan Town Council had uncovered documents showing that the fishing rights on a section of the River Elwy had been given to local residents. It felt this was an ideal opportunity …

It dominates one of Hull’s best loved green spaces but how much do you actually know about East Park’s lake? The popular lake has been around since the turn of the 20th century and has been a source of leisure and enjoyment for the people of Hull ever since. Once full of rowing boats, more recently it has become a …

The RSPCA has launched an appeal after what it is describing as a ‘sad and unusual discovery’ on the banks of the Feeder in Bristol. An angler discovered a dead dog inside a suitcase hidden in bushes on Feeder Road this week, the charity said. The dog wasn’t chipped, and had been injured before it died, and now RSPCA inspectors …

A general view of the River Severn at Aberbechan bridge near NewtownPic: Mike Sheridan/County TimesMS227-2018

Asim Khan, from Grangetown in south Cardiff, was fatally stabbed near a McDonald’s in the city in the early hours of this morning. Emergency services were scrambled to the scene at 4.50am and paramedics performed CPR as they desperately tried to save Asim. The young man was then rushed to hospital where he tragically died. Police launched a murder investigation …

Media captionJulia Morgan explains why the area was so important to her late husband A memorial has been unveiled in Ceredigion to commemorate the acclaimed fisherman and broadcaster Moc Morgan. The stone memorial is on the banks of Llyn Egnant – one of the famous Teifi pools – near the village of Ffair Rhos in Ceredigion. He died last year …

Image copyright AFP Image caption The escaped rainbow trout are considered safe to eat The Loughs Agency has urged anglers to help catch thousands of farmed fish which have escaped into rivers in County Tyrone and County Londonderry. The non-native rainbow trout entered the River Strule near Newtownstewart after it burst its banks and flooded the Rocks Lodge hatchery last …

A recruitment drive to enrol 40 seasonal fisheries officers across six river basin districts was launched recently by Inland Fisheries Ireland. The positions are available on a six-month basis with contracts commencing late April and training will be provided to all new recruits. Roisin Bradley, head of HR, said: “These roles offer an excellent opportunity to spend summer outdoors helping …

Astonishing video has emerged of a 7ft shark swimming just inches off a popular beach in Dorset. An angler was left stunned when the fin of what it’s believed to be a young basking shark broke the surface of the water at Chesil beach. The beach is made up almost entirely of pebbles of various rock types. The fisherman filmed …

A somersaulting kite surfer whipped a fishing rod off Saltburn Pier “like a javelin” – leaving its owner reeling. Furious fisherman Peter Tomlinson, 72, has spoken of his anger after his £570 gear was sent flying into the North Sea at “60 or 70 miles per hour”. Mr Tomlinson, from Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, had been enjoying an afternoon at the seaside …