PhD researcher calls for ‘swim-along’ interview participants at Windermere to examine the relationships between open water swimming and environmental health in this Lake District body of water. 

Multi sport para athlete Kira Stevens is encouraging swimmers to take part in the Endurance Swim Challenge – completing 100, 200, 300, 500 or 1,000 miles in 2023. Here she tells us about her own experience of completing this ambitious challenge and her future paralympic ambitions.

Cal Major, the first person to paddleboard the length of the UK, takes on an exhilarating new challenge in a three-part STV Player series called Scotland: Ocean Nation.

The Tenacious Turtles, a team of four swimmers based in Dorset, are planning a swim relay across the English Channel this summer to raise funds for Dementia UK.

New data has revealed that RNLI lifeboat crews saved 30 swimmers’ lives last year and launched to help swimmers a total of 137 times. To support their lifeboat crews, the charity is urging swimmers to take part in its Mayday Mile fundraising campaign.

Ayrshire swimmer Andy Donaldson has completed the third leg of his Oceans Seven challenge – the Cook Strait in New Zealand – setting a new World Record with a time of 4h,33m

Swim 21 miles in 21 weeks for £21: Laura Reineke and the Henley Mermaids have epic swims planned in the English Channel and Loch Ness this summer, and they are asking you to take part by swimming 21 miles, too. 

This summer, Swedish adventurer Jari Cennet Tammi is planning his second attempt at the world’s longest unsupported swim – from Stockholm to Helsinki across the Baltic Sea.

British outdoor brand Alpkit is partnering with Circular Flow to close the loop on wetsuit recycling. 

The Government has rejected all but one application for bathing water status for English rivers, angering campaigners. River Deben at Waldringfield in Suffolk goes through to open consultation. 

To celebrate the third year of Julie Harrington’s Frostbite Challenge, 35 “biters” braved the cold at Lulworth Cove wearing finery inspired by a “Ball Gowns on the Beach, Tuxedos with the Tide” fancy dress theme.

The Studland Bay Marine Partnership has successfully raised the £66,000 needed to install 22 eco-moorings, sustainable alternatives to anchors that protect Studland’s seagrass meadows and seahorses.