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‘Just like Batman!’: Five-year-old boy dressed as superhero saves a drowning man

Dressed as Batman, a young boy noticed a man stranded on a sandbank and sprang into action. He quickly informed his family, who then reached out to the coastguard and RNLI for help. A lifeboat arrived rapidly, ensuring the safe rescue of the man and his two dogs from the…

The Times of India

UK government drops plan to stop paying coastguard volunteers

Move raises questions over position of the head of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency

The Guardian - UK

WW2 bomb detonated on Scottish beach after dozens of unexploded ordnance found

A BOMB from the Second World War that was discovered on a beach in East Lothian has been detonated following a safety warning from the Coastguard ...

The National (Scotland)

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UK’s seaside towns fear impact of ending coastguard callout payments

Coastguard agency to stop paying volunteers after court ruled they were classified as workers

The Guardian - UK

Hillwalker rescued from beauty spot after 'being bitten by venomous snake'

A HILLWALKER has been rescued in Loch Lomond after they fell ill due to a suspected bite from a venomous snake ...

The National (Scotland)

‘Hero’ award for lifeboat crew who rescued dog after sea fall

The weimaraner slipped off a harbour wall at Seacliff beach in February.

The Independent UK

Royal Air Force Poseidon plane boosts Northern Ireland search and rescue capabilities

The plane’s on-board systems can pinpoint the location of people in distress at sea

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Maritime search and rescue boosted as RAF patrol plane brought in

The RAF brought the P-8 Poseidon to Northern Ireland for a joint exercise with the Coastguard and RNLI across the north coast.

Evening Standard

Island of Ireland in ‘absolutely critical position’ amid tensions with Russia

Brigadier Piers Ashfield was speaking as the RAF brought a P-8 Poseidon to Northern Ireland for a joint exercise with the Coastguard and RNLI.

Evening Standard

Amazon delivery driver follows sat nav onto ‘deadliest footpath in Britain’

Driver trapped on mudflats in Essex after GPS mix-up

The Independent UK

Pupils at King’s old school to be on call 24/7 to support Coastguard

Charles was a member of Gordonstoun’s Coastguard service during his time at the school.

Evening Standard

Three sailors rescued from sea after six hours clinging to a single lifejacket

The men were thrown into water when their aluminium vessel got entangled in a craypot line shortly after leaving shore

The Independent UK

Tributes paid to one of two men missing after Christmas Day swim

The family of Matthew Upham said he was ‘deeply loved and forever missed’.

Evening Standard

Police warning over sea swims after two men swept away off Devon on Christmas Day

Two men in their forties and sixties were swept out to sea at Budleigh Salterton on Thursday

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Evening Standard

Coastguard search for swimmers missing at sea called off

Two men, aged in their 40s and 60s, were not located during the extensive searches and remain missing.

Evening Standard

Two men remain missing at sea as police urge public to avoid Boxing Day swims

Two men, aged in their 40s and 60s, were not located during the extensive searches and remain missing.

The Guardian - UK

Two men missing in sea off Devon beach on Christmas Day

Emergency services launched major search at Budleigh Salterton after reports of people in difficulty in the water

The Independent UK

Two men still missing in sea off Devon beach in ‘truly tragic incident’ on Christmas Day

The families of the two men are being informed on developments, police said

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Evening Standard

Two men believed to be missing in the sea off beach

The Coastguard confirmed it had been alerted to the incident at about 10am on Christmas Day.

Evening Standard

Two Christmas Day swimmers feared missing off Devon coast

Emergency services launch major search operation as families are notified and public warned to stay out of water

The Independent UK

Urgent search for two men who entered river while fleeing police

Police are ‘extremely concerned’ for the welfare of the men who fled on foot

The Independent UK

Man dies after falling overboard from vessel off UK’s south coast

RNLI lifeboats, a Coastguard rescue helicopter and two nearby vessels were involved in the search

Evening Standard

Man spotted clinging to hull of capsized vessel rescued

Several members of the public raised the alarm after noticing the man in difficulty around 100 metres off Holborn Head near Scrabster in Caithness.

Evening Standard

Lifeboat capsizes during fishing vessel rescue in Firth of Clyde

The inshore lifeboat from Largs capsized on the way to Little Cumbrae.

The Independent UK

Rupert Lowe pledges donation to charity rowers he mistook for ‘illegal migrants’

The Coastguard contacted the rowing crew to confirm their identity.

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