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Woman and pet saved from Appley Beach on the Isle of Wight.
Rescuers flew to the aid of a mother duck when her ducklings disappeared into the drainage system near a Highways England road improvements scheme.
The crew of a Search and Rescue helicopter from 771 Naval Air Squadron rescued 2 sailors from a stricken yacht 75 miles (120km) south west of the Scilly Isles last week.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
Fishermen rescued in gale force conditions in the English Channel.
Three canoeists rescued between Rams Island and Sandy Bay.
A Royal Navy Search and Rescue team helped rescue a father and son who had fallen down cliffs in Scotland this week, while an RAF crew rescued a teenage girl stuck in mud near Middlesbrough.
HMS Enterprise and HMS Richmond have both rescued hundreds of migrants in the Mediterranean.
First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government
In atrocious weather and after three aborted landings a Royal Navy Search and Rescue crew from HMS Gannet came to the aid of a newborn baby.
Successful bidders of the rescue boat grant fund revealed.
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
An 18 year old fisherman who sustained a hand injury on board his vessel was rescued from choppy seas on the evening of 02 July by the Stornoway coastguard helicopter.
The National Independent Lifeboat Association has been accepted as a trial member of the UK Search and Rescue Operators Group, a national body representing search and rescue operators.
Employment Tribunal decision.
Dramatic rescue of climber on Isle of Skye.
Watch the dramatic moment when a man was rescued by a HM Coastguard search and rescue helicopter in a remote area of Cornwall on Sunday 10th November.
Whilst Team GB were setting records at the London Olympics, the RAF Search and Rescue team of 'C' Flight, 22 Squadron, based at RAF Valley, reached their own milestone on 'Olympic Super Saturday' by completing the Flight's 9,000th rescue.
A three-year contract extension to ensure NATO submariners are backed up by world-class rescue operations has been awarded to Scotland-based firm, JFD.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
Footage of a coastguard helicopter rescue of two boys in the 'nick of time' clinging to a rock in the sea at Hopeman East Beach.
British aid worker Helen Johnston was rescued last night along with a Kenyan aid worker and two Afghan aid workers following their abduction on 22 May.
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