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    Investigations into the deaths of two British divers who died in separate incidents in the Red Sea have been launched. - 26/1/10
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    Weighing in at just over 1.1kg, the D-Synchro Ice (DIN 230 bar) is one of the latest additions to the lightweight regulator market - 30/11/09
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    In my early days of diving there was a well-studied population of a curious red fish that lived in muddy burrows off the east coast of Lundy, in the Bristol Channel – an astonishing 14,000 of them, in fact, in a relatively small area. - 12/1/10
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    With the UK season now well underway, we ask three of the country’s leading divers for their top safety tips. Interviews by Jo Mattock - 6/9/09
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