Hosted by Rutland Watersports the Vitruvian Triathlon is a spectacular race set against the backdrop of Europe's largest man-made reservoir. It's a terrific test of stamina and endurance with a 1.9km swim, followed by a 84km bike ride and culminating in a 21km run.

 The British Birdwatching Fair has been described at the Birdwatcher's Glastonbury.  It's the world's first and largest International Birdwatching event.

An outdoor swim for all abilities in the beautiful, clean waters of Alton Water Reservoir near Ipswich.

The Dambuster Duathlon uses the same bike and run routes as the Dambuster Triathlon.  Starting with a 10km run around the lake and across the dam, followed by a 42 km bike around the spectacular Rutland scenery with a final 5km that will serve as an excellent test of early season form.

The government-sponsored Sea Angling 2012 project - collecting catch, economic and social data about sea angling in England - is underway! Here are the latest developments keeping you informed about what's going on and giving you the opportunity to get involved.

"Water is too cheap, the public are too wasteful and politicians have been too short-sighted"is the message from the Angling Trust in response to the Drought Summit held in London today by Environment Secretary Caroline Spellman.

Fish Legal (the legal arm of the Angling Trust) has served a notice on the Environment Agency on behalf of Llyfni Angling Society over Llyn Padarn in Llanberis, Snowdonia.

Can you take up the challenge of providing a home for the birds?!  Fun for all members of the family.

 

Despite the bitterly cold weather it was great to see the top class facilities at Cob House Fishery with it's busy cafe and community rooms. This multi-purpose approach, allowing families and groups to benefit from a wider range of activities than just fishing, has to be the way forward.

The FBI is attempting to allay concerns about user privacy over its plan to monitor social networking sites by making assurances that all its activity will comply with privacy and civil rights requirements.......

The European Court of Justice has ruled that copyright holders may not force social networking sites to use filters to thwart illegal filesharing.......

US legislators sent a letter to Apple CEO Tim Cook asking why the company does not require iOS developers to obtain permission from users before apps download users' contacts.......

Republican Senators have expressed concern that the recently introduced Cyber Security Act is moving too quickly, saying that the legislation needs to go through hearings and markup.......

Adobe has released an updated version of Flash that addresses seven vulnerabilities, one of which is currently being actively exploited in the wild.......

Of the 21 vulnerabilities addressed in Microsoft's Patch Tuesday for February 2012, the general consensus is that the bulletin addressing flaws in Internet Explorer (IE) is the most critical.......

Information stolen from Stratfor is reportedly being used to send email containing malicious links to government clients of the geopolitical analysis company.......

The UK's Serious Organized Crime Agency (SOCA) has shut down the RnBXclusive.......

The Waledac botnet is back, and it's meaner than ever.......

Emerging news stories indicate that executives at Nortel knew of a breach of their data systems that occurred more than a decade ago, but took no action.......

The Cryptome.......