Watch: harrowing footage of yacht crew rescue as Storm Evert causes chaos
Falmouth Coastguard Operations Centre reported a total of 22 incidents throughout the night as Storm Evert battered the South...
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First drone joins HM Coastguard fleet
HM Coastguard’s first operational drone flight will join manned helicopters, planes, boats and cliff rescue teams on life-saving missions...
Desperate dig to free teenager trapped in beach hole
RNLI lifeguards have rescued an 18-year-old man trapped under a sand collapse on Fistral Beach, Newquay. The RNLI lifeguards...
US Coast Guard releases video of rescue following cargo plane crash
Rescue workers in a Coast Guard helicopter have located two pilots and pulled them from the wreckage of a...
RNLI volunteer sentenced after making hoax emergency calls to gain experience
A man has been sentenced after making false and malicious calls to HM Coastguard. The cost of these call...
Nineteen callouts in one week for Southend RNLI
Southend on Sea volunteer lifeboat crews were paged 19 times in the past week as the weather improved and...
30m people plan to visit the coast this summer, says RNLI
The Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) and Her Majesty’s Coastguard are launching a joint beach safety campaign as a...
Coastguard rescue teams supporting NHS Western Isles
HM Coastguard is providing support to NHS Western Isles as part of the ongoing response to Covid-19. Coastguard rescue...
RNLI and HM Coastguard partners in StayWise education site
The RNLI and HM Coastguard are two of the UK emergency services involved in StayWise – an online education...
HM Coastguard tracking 33 containers lost in Pentland Firth
Weather related incidents have now led to two incidents of containers being lost overboard around the UK coastline. As...
HM Coastguard has busiest day in four years and lifejackets save fishermen when boat sinks
HM Coastguard dealt with the highest number of incidents on one day – last Friday (31st July) – since...
