Got that sinking feeling! Rescue mission fails as tide swamps digger that got stuck on a beach

Got that sinking feeling! Rescue mission fails as tide swamps digger that got stuck on a beach… while trying to move a stranded truck The digger was sent to the front to save a truck from the incoming tide at Weston-super-Mare, Somerset  While the truck was eventually moved, the digger got stuck instead and remained … Read more

Amazon backs Tide Charity to boost Britain’s small businesses

Amazon backs Tide Charity providing £1,000 grants to Britain’s Covid-hit small businesses By Miles Dilworth For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 GMT, 27 November 2020 | Updated: 21:50 GMT, 27 November 2020 Amazon has thrown its weight behind a charity supported by the Daily Mail to boost Britain’s struggling small businesses. The US tech giant … Read more

Huge sperm whale washes up dead on Norfolk mudbank before tide carries its body further out to sea 

Huge sperm whale washes up dead on Norfolk mudbank before tide carries its body further out to sea The dead sperm whale was spotted beached in The Wash on the Norfolk coast It was lying a mile out from Snettisham Beach but has now been carried by tide Locals Jacky and Andy McKee reported it to UK … Read more

Small business charity The Tide raises £160,000 in a week

Small business charity The Tide hailed by minister after raising £160,000 in a week with our help By Miles Dilworth For The Daily Mail Published: 22:00 GMT, 17 November 2020 | Updated: 23:20 GMT, 17 November 2020 A small business charity supported by the Mail has been hailed by a Government minister after it raised … Read more

Welsh First Minister claims ‘firebreak’ lockdown IS needed to stop ‘rising tide’ of coronavirus

Welsh First Minister Mark Drakeford insisted his country needed a ‘firebreak’ lockdown today despite having a lower rate of coronavirus infections that England. The Labour politician insisted that he would keep the principality closed down for as short a time as possible but insisted it was necessary to act as a breaker to a ‘rising … Read more

Lifeboat rescuer leaps into raging waves to save teenager from being pulled out to sea by the tide 

Moment lifeboat rescuer leaps into raging waves to save teenager from being pulled out to sea by the tide Portrush RNLI team under Des Austin was called out at 2.42pm on September 25 The team found a stranded teenager fighting the tide near Portstewart Head Footage shows mechanic leaping into the choppy water to save … Read more

Flood fears and ‘dangerous sea conditions’ as Storm Ellen’s 70mph gales stir up the high tide

Storm Ellen is set to continue battering Britain with 70mph gale force winds expected ahead of the weekend, bringing the potential for travel disruption and flooding.  More than 50,000 homes and businesses in Ireland will remain without power as the Met Office imposed a yellow weather warning of strong winds stretching across England, Wales and parts … Read more

‘People are right to be frustrated’: Rishi Sunak promises action over ‘tide’ of migrant boats

Rishi Sunak promised swift action to turn back a ‘tide’ of migrant boats heading for Britain from France today as he refused to rule out using the Royal Navy in the Channel. The Chancellor said people were right to be ‘frustrated’, the day after 235 migrants in 17 vessels made the perilous crossing – the … Read more

Man dies after three children ‘got caught in a rip tide’ in the sea on Welsh coast

Man dies after three children ‘got caught in a rip tide’ in the sea on Welsh coast Man in his 30s died after being flown to Ysbyty Gwynedd, Bangor this afternoon Witnesses reported children in difficulty in water and a man swam to their aid Two of the children were taken to hospital for treatment after … Read more

Onlookers battle in vain to rescue van being swamped by rising tide after driver parked it on beach

Sea you later! Onlookers battle in vain to rescue van as it is swamped by the rising tide after hapless driver parked it on the beach A white van became stranded out at sea on Redcar beach in Teeside on Sunday The coastguard battled for hours to try and pull the empty car out of … Read more