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Unusually for a sport, it can require hours of putting your feet up while you wait for a bite. So it’s no wonder that many have been left scratching their heads that fishing has been deemed exercise by the Government, meaning it won’t be banned during lockdown. Other more energetic pursuits such as tennis and golf have been proscribed despite having arguably greater health benefits. Fishing has been deemed exercise by the Government, meaning it won't be banned during lockdown but tennis and golf have been proscribed (stock image) The body for fishing said they had been angling hard for it to be allowed because of the ‘huge benefits on individual health and wellbeing’.  Angling Trust chief executive Jamie Cook added that match fishing, involving groups, was not allowed.  Questioning the logic of the rules, Jeremy Tomlinson, chief executive of England Golf, told The Times: ‘We tried to persuade the Government that golf is a safe form of exercise running, cycling or walking, and it i

A former New York Police Department sergeant was charged Thursday with lying to cheat a fund set up to help victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks Sally Spinosa awaited an initial appearance in Manhattan federal court after her arrest on charges of submitting false claims, wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. The last charge carries a mandatory two-year prison sentence. The 55-year-old Freehold, New Jersey, resident falsely claimed to have worked hundreds of hours from September 2001 and June 2002 in the recovery effort after the attacks, according to a release from the U.S. Attorney's Office in the Southern District of New York.  Spinosa served as an NYPD officer from July 1986 until July 2019. Federal authorities said she was a sergeant assigned to the police department's investigations unit on Staten Island in September 2001 when she claimed long hours working at the Fresh Kills Landfill there. Sally Spinosa, 55, falsely claimed to have worked hundreds of hours from

A Mississippi woman is facing a federal indictment for allegedly driving her 16-year-old relative under false pretenses to Texas and selling her for sex in exchange for $300. Madison Murphy, of Starkville, Mississippi, is being held on suspicion of child sex trafficking stemming from the incident that took place last summer. According to federal court records, Murphy had lured her underage relative to Texas by pretending she was taking her to a modeling job, then handed her over to a pimp who instructed her to perform sex acts on a male client. Madison Murphy is facing federal child sex trafficking charges  for allegedly luring her 16-year-old relative to North Richland Hills, Texas, for sex with a john (stock photo) After allegedly being threatened with violence if she told anyone about what happened, or refused to meet with additional johns for sex, the teen contacted the local police and was rescued from a motel room in suburban Fort Worth. Federal documents obtained by the Fort Wor

US Marshals in Virginia have arrested a man accused of fatally shooting a 7-year-old girl who was riding in a car with her family after a day of Christmas shopping in Atlanta. Kennedy Maxie was hit by a stray bullet on December 21 near the popular Phipps Plaza mall in Atlanta's Buckhead neighborhood.  She died the day after Christmas, prompting Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms to admit that she does not have the answers to the violence problem in her city. Daquan Reed, 24, was apprehended on Wednesday in Hampton, Virginia, more than 500 miles away from the crime scene, by the US Marshals Service, Atlanta police announced. Daquan Reed, 24 , was apprehended in Hampton, Virginia, on Wednesday and arrested in connection with the December 21 fatal shooting of Kennedy Maxie, 7 , in Atlanta  The shooting happened at Atlanta's Phipps Plaza, where there was an alleged argument in the parking lot. Kennedy and her family were not involved in the incident leading up to the shooting '

Kayeigh McEnany abruptly called a press briefing Thursday to speak on 'behalf of the entire White House' in condemning violence at the Capitol the day before – but also defended the 'peaceful protesters' who descended on Washington D.C. to object the results of the presidential election.  'Let me be clear, the violence we saw yesterday at our nation's capital was appalling reprehensible and antithetical to the American way.' McEnany spoke for less than two-minute, reading a statement from her notebook, before fleeing the room without answering any questions.  'What we saw yesterday was a group of violent rioters undermining the legitimate first amendment rights of the many thousands who came to peacefully have their voices heard, in our nation's capital,' McEnany said in condemning the siege of the Capitol building by pro-Trump demonstrators. 'Those who violently besieged our Capitol, are the opposite of everything this administration stands

Conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh drew comparisons between the leaders of the American Revolution and yesterday's siege at the Capitol building in Washington D.C. rebuking those 'calling for the end of violence'.  Limbaugh, 69, took aim at liberals who protested this summer, claiming they were anarchists using the Black Lives Matter movement as a 'guise'.  He continued, saying he forgave yesterday's group of rioters who were simply 'fed up.'while also forgiving yesterday's rioters as people who had simply 'gotten fed up.'  Conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh took a dismissive tone to those calling for an end to violence after the ugly scenes of a mob insurrection at the Capitol 'We're supposed to be horrified by the protesters,' Limbaugh said on his program on Thursday.  'There's a lot of people calling for the end of violence. There's a lot of conservatives, social media, who say that any violence or aggre

A man's body has been found by tourists in dense bushland. The two tourists made the horrifying discovery near Preston-Boundary Road in Preston, west of Brisbane, just before 9.00am on Thursday. The body was later identified as a 28-year-old man from Toowoomba.  Two tourists made the horrifying discovery near Preston-Boundary Road in Preston, west of Brisbane, just before 9.00am on Thursday A van with solar panels on its roof and green P-plates was also found at the site.  Police established a crime scene and are treating the man's death as suspicious.  Investigators and scientific officers are also at the scene.  Officers are investigating whether the victim was killed before being taken to the bushland. They are urging anyone who may have witnessed suspicious activity in the area to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000. A van with solar panels on its roof and green P-plates was also found at the site

A Fort Bliss soldier has died while on he was on holiday leave this week, just days after a servicewoman's death on the base. Private First Class Nylyn Eady, 19, was found dead in Converse, Texas, on Monday, sparking an investigation by local police. Eady served as an intelligence analyst with the 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team. He joined the US Army in July 2019 from Odenton, Maryland. Fort Bliss was his first duty station, according to officials. Private First Class Nylyn Eady, 19 , was found dead in Converse, Texas, on Monday. Four days prior, 19-year-old Pfc Asia Graham was found dead in her barracks on the base Eady was on holiday leave from Fort Bliss at the time of his death, which is now being investigated by the local police  Eady's death comes just four days after 19-year-old Pfc Asia Graham was found unresponsive in her barracks on the base in El Paso and was later pronounced dead. As of Thursday afternoon, the US Army have not revealed how either soldier died, or

Roseanne Boyland, 34, died. Her family told DailyMail.com she was 'trampled in the Rotunda' The three Trump fanatics who died during Wednesday's mob attack on the Capitol died from a heart attack, a stroke and being trampled in the Rotunda.  Roseanne Boyland, 34, from Georgia, Kevin Greeson, 55, from Alabama and Benjamin Phillips, 50, from Pennsylvania, all died on Wednesday.  Phillips, a computer programmer who traveled to DC with dozens of other Trump fans from Pennsylvania, suffered a stroke.  Greeson, who had high blood pressure, suffered a heart attack 'in the midst of the excitement', his family said.  Roseanne was 'trampled in the Rotunda', her family told DailyMail.com on Thursday after police she had been potentially 'crushed' in the mob.    Capitol Police were seen performing CPR on her at 5pm after she collapsed. She was pronounced dead in the hospital a little before 6pm.   It's unclear if the two men were among the violent mob who st

A van driver who allegedly struck a teenage pedestrian so hard he was flung 20 metres has been charged while the boy he hit fights for his life. The 17-year-old was walking with a friend on the footpath before he was allegedly thrown into a brick wall by a grey Kia Carnival on Thursday by a van police say veered across three lanes of the Hume Highway at Casula, south-west Sydney.   The driver, 37, from Leppington, was tested and later charged with dangerous driving occasioning grievous bodily harm and negligent driving occasioning grievous bodily harm.  Teams of paramedics and police work to save a teenager who is fighting for his life after a van allegedly slammed him into a brick wall at Casula on Thursday The teenage victim was allegedly thrown into the air and hit this brick house (pictured, left) from the footpath by the impact of the collision beside the Hume Highway The man, who was unharmed, was refused bail and also had his licence suspended at Liverpool Police Station. Police

The mother of a missing teenager fears she has fled with her boyfriend and is trying to 'throw her off the scent' by leaving a note insisting they have split up. Olivia Smith, 14, disappeared on Tuesday with a handwritten letter left behind claiming she was heading from Harwich, Essex to Halifax in West Yorkshire. The letter told her mother she had broken up with her boyfriend 'like she wanted', but Samantha Smith suspects her daughter has actually fled with Conrad Marlborough, 15.   The teenager has been dating Conrad for three months but Ms Smith, 41, said both she and the girl's father had urged her to end the relationship. Her mother is now pleading with her daughter, also known as Olivia Slater, to 'come home where it's safe'.  Olivia Smith, 14, disappeared on Tuesday with a handwritten letter left behind claiming she was heading from Harwich, Essex to Halifax in West Yorkshire. Pictured: Olivia with her mother Samantha Smith The letter told her mot