August 10 2008 UK Bogus bends nets Divers £250,000  A pair of divers swindled £250,000 (US$500,000) from the National Health Service for treating bogus cases of the bends.  David Welsh, 49, and diving instructor Michael Brass, 43, are facing prison sentences after being found guilty of conspiracy to defraud the NHS and perverting the course of justice. Welsh ran the Fort Bovisand diving centre, which had its own recompression chamber.  They paid strangers they met in pubs up to £200 to pose as divers who needed recompression treatment, they only needed only the real names, addresses, dates of birth and national insurance numbers of the supposed victims to work the fraud. Most had never been underwater and some could barely swim.  Welsh billed National Health Trusts from all over the UK £6,500 a time for treating the 37 fake victims.  The fraud was discovered when police investigated two cases of divers from Liverpool who were supposedly treated for the bends at the recompression chamber.    Full story...

August 25 2008 HawaiiArchaeologists have located British whaler sunk by bad weather in 1837 off Kure Atoll Artefacts from the remains of a wreck believed to be of the British whaling vessel Gledstanes lost for 171 years have been found off Kure Atoll in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. The artefacts include four large anchors, cannons and cannonballs. The Gledstanes is the fourth whaling vessel found in the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument, evidence of the area's significance as a 19th-century whaling area.  The divers who found the shipwreck were taking part in the 2008 Maritime Heritage Expedition, sponsored by NOAA's National Marine Sanctuaries.  Full story...

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ADEX 2008

ADEX 2008 is not only a jam packed event with the hottest dive deals around and exciting activities to take part in but it is also THE place to become more environmentally aware of current dive practices. All the action is happening at ‘The EcoVillage @ ADEX 2008' where you can find a whole host of eco conscious activities such as informative seminars, film fests, photography competitions, educational tours along with fantastic ADEX dollar deals and useful ADEX merchandise.

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Red Sea Diving College awarded the 2007 HEPCA Defender of the Sea

Red Sea Diving College, Sharm El Sheikh, has been awarded the 2007 HEPCA Defender of the Sea award in recognition of its recent environmental work.

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UK

Henry the 'hexapus'

Henry the 'hexapus' at Blackpool's Sea Life Centre, is missing two limbs due to a birth defectNormally, octopuses have eight arms and legs. And if they lose one or more in an accident, they can grow the limbs back again.

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Kiribati

World's largest marine protected area created

The Pacific Island nation of Kiribati has established the world’s largest marine protected area – a California-sized ocean wilderness of rich coral reefs threatened by over-fishing and climate change.
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Australia

Scuba diver survives heart attack

A woman from Manchester in the UK had her 'life saved' by a holidaymaking doctor and nurse after suffering a heart attack from decompression sickness while 20ft underwater during a scuba diving trip on the Australian Great Barrier Reef.
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