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First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
By summer of 2017 there will be 10 coastguard helicopter bases around the UK.
Falmouth Coastguard Operations Centre (CGOC) is to become part of the new Coastguard national network for the very first time this week.
This October, we are all being asked to ‘Make A Difference’ and what better way to do so than by volunteering with the Coastguard Rescue Service.
John Hayes sees the Rescue Team in Sutton Bridge Coastguard Centre.
Shipping Minister John Hayes visited Sutton Bridge Coastguard Rescue Team on his first official outing to a Coastguard base.
Coastguards have issued an appeal to an angler, who may have left their fishing gear on the beach near Mudeford Quay, Christchurch.
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.
The Coastguard has carried out an intensive search for a man overboard from a cargo vessel in the River Humber.
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.
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.
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