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Fraudster caught and jailed
A diving industry professional found guilty of fraud in 2008 has begun his jail term after a period spent on the run.

Sandals opens new Bahamas resort
Featuring 183 luxury rooms and suites, "all oceanfront, all extremely spacious and all serviced by butlers trained by the Guild of Professional English Butlers", the latest addition to Sandals' resorts is bordered by a one-mile stretch of white Caribbean sand.

Winners take all - DIVER Awards 2009
Winners take all

Dubai aquarium leak prompts evacuation
Aquarium visitors and shoppers in the gigantic Dubai Mall were evacuated when a panel in its equally large aquarium started to leak.

Whale kills trainer
An experienced trainer has been killed by an orca whale at SeaWorld in Orlando, Florida.

The Big Question 75
Are you, or do you plan to become, a rebreather diver?

Odyssey and UK Government agree deal
US company Odyssey Marine Exploration is to salve a potentially valuable British cargo vessel sunk in World War II.

PhotoCall @ Divernet.com
Our online PhotoCall competition gives you the chance to upload your best work to Divernet.com, and to win not only wider exposure and monthly prizes but, ultimately, an amazing £2800 fortnight in the Philippines.<br/>

Free-dive display comes to London dive show
Next month's London International Dive Show (LIDS 2010) will host an interactive freediving pool display with top breath-hold trainer Marcus Greatwood's NoTanx crew at 2pm on both Saturday and Sunday.

Wrecked and gone to heaven
It's the world's top wreck site - and possibly the world's top shark site too. Atomic testing brought misery for many half a century ago, but today Bikini is bliss for the fortunate few divers who make it there. John Bantin is one of them<br/>

Diver survives 48-hour drift
A diver has been rescued after drifting for two days in the Red Sea.

Girls together?
A selection of tailor-made trips for solo divers - including two for female divers only - to Manado in Indonesia is being offered by specialist tour operator Divequest.

World guide to cetaceans
A comprehensive online guide to the world’s whales, dolphins and porpoises has been launched by the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society.

Elusive shells found
Dozens of the very rare fan shell have been filmed off Scotland’s Inner Hebrides.

Guinness record confirmed
An Irish diver has set a new Guinness World Record for the Longest Open Saltwater Scuba Dive.

Squirts spread to Scotland
Scientists are concerned that newly present carpet sea squirts in Scotland could damage the environment.

Body recovered from Scapa wreck
The body of a diver has been recovered after spending more than two years inside a wreck in Orkney’s Scapa Flow.

Liveaboard goes scientific
An Egyptian conservation group is to use a large liveaboard vessel for research and educational programmes in the Egyptian Red Sea.

Underwater workout for charity
A London diving centre is inviting divers to raise money for Sport Relief - by doing an underwater bike spin session.

Boats fire toll hits four
Four Red Sea diving liveaboards were damaged in a fire which raged in a Suez dry dock on 30 January, an Egyptian marine tourism authority has stated.

BC Mares Icon
The Icon packs up into a small parcel for packing, so it is obviously intended as a BC for the air-travelling diver.

Wetsuit Fourth Element Proteus 3
THE FOURTH ELEMENT PROTEUS 3 looked good on the New Product Showcase at the Dive 2009 show, so I grabbed it for a forthcoming trip to the Maldives.<br/>

Computer 4 Mares Icon HD
"This is the iPhone of diving computers".

Computer 3 Uemis Zurich
The new Uemis Zurich computer is different in many ways from anything else on the market.

Computer 2 VR Technology NHeO
The NHeO accommodates the needs of those who are moving slowly in the direction of technical diving, but are not yet ready for the helium in their mix.