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The planning application for the relocation of the shore dive access road to 'Green Ends Gully' and 'Nest Ends' at Eyemouth Harbour is now live and available to view on the Scottish Borders Council online planning portal, reference number: 20/00773/FUL Eyemouth...

The Government has outlined the measures that will allow outdoor pools in England to reopen from 11 July 2020 and indoor gyms, swimming pools and sports facilities to reopen from 25 July 2020, ensuring millions of people can get back into more sport and fitness...

The SAA are pleased to announce the launch of the new BDSG website (https://bdsg.org.uk/).  This site is a major repository on all dive safety related matters, especially the Covid-19 section providing advice covering all aspects of diving. But this site is much...

As we see lockdown easing and thoughts turn to diving what should we be thinking about? Firstly what does the easing of lockdown mean – as I have seen written it doesn’t mean that the virus has gone away and we are now safe, it just means the NHS has the capacity to...

The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) will withdraw the guidance on boat diving in England on July 4th Thanks to lobbying from various National Governing Bodies the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) has today given...

We all know how important swimming pools are during the first few months of a novice divers' training We are sure that many were surprised and disappointed when Prime Minister, Boris Johnson did not include swimming pools in the list of businesses that could re-open...

The BDSG have issued a release following an update to the DEFRA COVID-19 guidance on the use of boats. The British Diving Safety Group has noted the guidance issued earlier today (11th June 2020)by Department of Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA).DEFRA’s...

In the coming weeks we will start to see the welcome reopening of some of our favourite inland dive sites. I know members will be keen to get back in the water, however, things have clearly changed since we were diving in March and there are a number of things that...

Eyemouth Harbour Trust intend to lease an area at Gunsgreen Basin to construct an operations and maintenance facility for an offshore windfarm. This will bring new employers into the town and we have had generally positive feedback so far following local consultation. The development will alter the layout of the area to the north of the basin. This will cover the current entry point to the dive shore access road, therefore realignment and embankment engineering are required. To clarify, the intention is to relocate the access route, not close it. Options for alternative routes are being considered with a view to submitting a planning application in the near future.

At the BDSG COVID-19 working group meeting on 28th May, the HSE informed the group that due to the lockdown, they were extending HSE medicals by 3 months for asymptomatic divers or those who have had similar symptoms but been tested negative for COVID-19. The BDSG...