Accessible Angler

A village which has produced five current and former British champions lays claim to the title of Wales' sporting capital.

Gautam Gambhir's century helps India reach 179-1 before bad light stops play on day one of the second Test against England in Mohali.

Up to 1,000 calls about water birds affected by litter in the West Midlands are made to the RSPCA in 10 months.

Wins for Rangers, Hibernian, Hearts and Inverness as Dundee United salvage a last-gasp point against Hamilton.

Dye-marked barbel are released into a Bedfordshire river for the first time to monitor their habits.

India beat England by 16 runs under the Duckworth-Lewis rules in Kanpur to lead the one-day series 3-0 after bad light curtails play.

The George Bush presidency has been rich pickings for those in one line of work - comedy. But with Barack Obama's election win steeped in historical significance, America's new leader seems, for the moment, to be beyond comic reproach, says John O'Farrell.

Young people in County Durham are offered the chance to take up angling in a scheme aimed at cutting youth crime.

Anglers fearing their club will be made "homeless" if their lake-base is auctioned are given the chance to buy it.

India close on 313-8 in reply to Australia's 430 in Bangalore on day three of the first Test.

Sunderland striker Djibril Cisse believes his favourite pastime of fishing will help him settle during his season-long loan from Marseille.

Conservation workers remove carp introduced into a Surrey lake without authorisation as part of a project to improve biodiversity.

Nearly 200,000 young salmon are being released into two Staffordshire rivers in a bid to restore salmon stocks in the River Trent.

The Atlantic bluefin tuna is in a parlous state - does it represent a oceans-wide legacy of overfishing?

Heavy flooding may have contributed to the deaths of thousands of fish in a favourite angling spot in County Down.

Money from rod licences is used to pay for new angling facilities at a lake in the Forest of Dean.

A pensioner is thought to have got into difficulty after wading into the water to fix a problem with his fishing gear.

Two teenage boys are rescued from a river in Perthshire after wading out too far while fishing.

Two major fish kills have been blamed on pollution coming from an industrial estate outside Belfast, a public meeting is told.

England seal a six-wicket consolation victory over South Africa at The Oval to hand Kevin Pietersen a winning start to his reign as Test captain.