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It’s a number that could save your life. To many people, dialling 999 is the first thing that comes to mind when faced with an emergency or crisis. But what happens if you have little or no signal, or if you have to use somebody elses phone, where the keypad is locked, or without credit?A video is trending on YouTube explaining the merits of a different emergency number – 112. This has several advantages over the standard 999 number, in that it can be recognised in 70 Countries worldwide – and can often connect to an operator even when there is no signal on your network.

Specimen ace, Terry Lampard dead. Terry Lampard, the man hailed as one of the country’s finest specimen anglers, has passed away, after a brief illness. The multiple Drennan Cup winner, and star of “Catching The Impossible” was taken ill just a few days ago, but sadly died overnight. Friend, and “Catching The Impossible” narrator, Hugh Miles commented: “Terry was an awesome angling talent, a good friend and a lovely man.

Research shows angling can burn up to 490 calories per hour. Yet more evidence has come to light proving just how good fishing is for your health. A survey, examining how many calories various activities burn, found that angling burns up to 490 calories when fishing in waders – but even more passive fishing from the bank while sat in a stationary position burns 245 calories. This makes even the most relaxed forms of angling as healthy as walking the dog, windsurfing, light canoeing and volleyball.

Whilst I wish I was amongst those that have been out on the bank making the most of the surprisingly mild wet weather during December unfortunately my total fishing amounted to only two trips, the first being a quick overnighter and the second being a short five hour day session. This was down to several factors the first being work. As it was the run up to the holiday season it meant we were extra busy due to the educational fishing courses we deliver coming to an end and having to prepare for the winter shut down of the site. You see I am the event manager and lead angling coach at For Life Experiences, I have been working there for over three years now and we deliver a variety of educational courses themed around angling and have just been granted College status so come February 2013 we will be delivering accredited fishery management courses to a variety of pupils.