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The way the Coastguard coordinates search and rescue operations on our coast and out at sea is changing.
3 people and their dog had a lucky escape off Anglesey when they were thrown from a RIB which then circled them at high speed.
The new National Maritime Operations Centre (NMOC) in Hampshire becomes operational for the very first time this week.
5 foreign flagged ships were under detention in UK ports during August 2014 after failing Port State Control (PSC) inspection.
The Coastguard has carried out an intensive search for a man overboard from a cargo vessel in the River Humber.
The master of a wind farm support boat has been made to pay £3,000 in fines and costs after breaching maritime collision regulations.
8 foreign flagged ships were under detention in UK ports during July 2014 after failing Port State Control (PSC) inspection.
A man has been rescued from his 36ft Bavarian yacht after it went up in smoke approximately 15 nautical miles east of Sunderland.
A man has been rescued after his yacht ran into difficulty 28 nautical miles north of Cromer.
A man has been rescued from his car after being swamped by the rising tide on the causeway between Overton and Sunderland Point.
More than 200 people have returned to shore after 87 sailing dinghies were hit by stormy weather in Strangford Lough.
A man has been rescued from the water after he fell out of his speedboat which then carried on circling around him.
Failing to keep a proper lookout has landed a Whitley Bay fishing boat skipper with a bill of £3,600 in fines and legal costs.
The Coastguard coordinated a large search after reports that a paraglider had crash landed at Ullswater.
A man has been rescued from the sea in Oxwich Bay after his kayak capsized and sank.
2 fishermen are recovering after spending the day at sea in a liferaft.
2 people have been rescued after they were thrown from their boat which then started spinning dangerously around them in the water.
They say it's good to share – but a rescue in the Humber proved that doesn't apply to lifejackets.
One man and his dog have been rescued after they became stranded in the Bristol Channel.
Glorious sunshine and hot temperatures has seen the Coastguard deal with more than 2,500 incidents in the past month alone.
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