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An iconic view of a beauty spot described by Dame Judy Dench as ‘the essence of our country’ has been saved. For more than 200 years the coastguard cottages at Cuckmere Haven, East Sussex, have perched on a clifftop overlooking the English Channel. Built during the Napoleonic era the cottages attract millions of visitors each … Read more
Ten sperm whales wash up on beach in East Yorkshire in mass stranding as rescue teams fear at least five may already be dead with the rest also expected to perish in shallow waters Humberside Police said the ten animals have been beached near Tunstall Coastguard and British Marine Life Rescue are helping with the … Read more
Height of stupidity! Daredevil camper is slammed by the coastguard after pitching his tent on the edge of 200ft cliff as Cornwall was battered by 70mph winds during Storm Francis Camper set up his flimsy canvas tent inches from edge of cliff at Portreath Coastguard slammed ‘utter stupidity’ and said lives of rescue teams put … Read more
Coastguard helicopter winchman plucks terrified children, nine and 12, from the waves in daring rescue after they were swept out to sea Coastguard’s search and rescue helicopter rushed out to sea off Dymchurch Winchman lowered down to safely rescue the youngsters as onlookers watched One child was taken to hospital as a precaution, Kent Police … Read more
Police and coastguard search for missing teenage snorkeler, 17, who vanished while diving off the Dorset coast Oscar Montgomery was last seen on Wednesday off Church Ope Cove coast Three helicopters are currently searching for the 17-year-old near Dorset Joint operation includes Royal Navy, Dorset Police, Coastguard and RNLI By Sebastian Murphy-bates For Mailonline Published: … Read more
Coastguard launches rescue mission for stricken 32-foot British yacht stranded 500 miles off Spanish coast The yacht Helena was stranded north-west of Cape Finisterre at 12.20am today Two vessels were on their way to assist but nearest one was 22 hours away Coastguard has so far been unable to make contact with Helena By Sebastian … Read more
Nigel Farage hires fishing boat to patrol the English Channel and rescues 20 migrants including small children trying to get to Britain in tiny sinking dinghy Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage was on a chartered fishing boat in the Channel He witnessed a group of migrants being escorted by a French vessel to the UK … Read more
Police and Coastguard launch desperate hunt for missing estate agent, 23, who disappeared from her Norfolk home today Chelsie Dack, 23, was reported missing by her family around 3am today Her family and Norfolk police have found no sign of her in Gorleston-on-Sea Coastguard helicopter was flying up and down Great Yarmouth coast today Estate … Read more
Eight walkers dramatically cut off by huge cliff collapse on Isle of Wight but escape unhurt Police said to avoid Shanklin beach after the rock fall around 4.40pm on Saturday Two groups of people were walking in the area but no one was injured It was the second major cliff fall within a few weeks … Read more
Greek coastguard vessels are filmed colliding with migrant dinghy on the same day a child drowned when their boat capsized off of Lesbos Footage appears to show the Greek coastguard firing shots at a migrant boat Turkish authorities claim Greek coastguard is harassing refugee boats Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan told Europe to accept migrants By … Read more