Human fish Oly Rush has become the first person in history to swim around the island of Grand Cayman in the Caribbean. The plasterer, 37, from Upton near Poole in Dorset, completed the 95.5km (almost 60 mile) swim in 36 hours and 59 minutes.
Washing up bottle washes up – after 65 years
Beach-cleaning hero Oly Rush has found an old washing up bottle that he thinks might be the oldest plastic packaging ever to be found washed up.
Hotel staff free-wheeling to work
Hotel staff working on the East and West Cliffs can commute free on Beryl bikes and scooters thanks to Bournemouth Coastal BID.
Oly Rush smashes round island record
An environmental campaigner has smashed the world record for swimming around Isle of Wight. Plasterer Oly Rush from Upton, Dorset, circumnavigated 65 miles around the island in 15 hours and nine minutes – smashing the previous best of 26 hours. He set off at Seaview Yacht Club near Ryde at 11am on Monday and climbed from the water at 2:09am. … Read More
We’re gonna need a bigger kayak – swimmer surrounded by 50 sharks
An environmental campaigner who aims to swim around the Isle of Wight and break the world record was surrounded by 50 sharks during a training swim. Oly Rush, 36, was doing his first practise at night when he kept being buffeted and nibbled by mysterious creatures.
Feather in cap for offshore wind farms consultancy
Water technology consultancy DHI Water Environments UK that operates out of Ocean Village Innovation Centre (OVIC) in Southampton has taken part in the world’s most comprehensive study of its kind.
Yellow Buses in line for award
Yellow Buses has been named as a finalist in the Bournemouth and Poole Tourism Awards – aka the BAPTAs.