Pony With Short Legs Causes Alarm in English Countryside

An unusually short legged pony has prompted numerous attempts to rescue the animal in Hampshire, England, because people thought it was knee deep in mud. Passers-by have called the emergency services four times to tell the fire brigade that a horse needs...

Climber Rescued From North Stacks Sea Cliffs At Holyhead, Anglesey

Search and rescue teams, lifeboats and a helicopter were sent out to rescue a climber after dark last night, stuck 200 feet above sea level on North Stacks Sea Cliffs at Holyhead, Anglesey. The climber was airlifted from the cliff face.

Base Jumper Rescued From 400 Ft Cliff Face At Beer, England

The Beer Coastguard Rescue Team have rescued a BASE jumper who was clinging to a cliff face, 200 feet down the 400 foot Beer Head, England. BASE jumping is the sport of using a parachute to jump from fixed objects. “BASE” is an acronym that...

150 Essex Firefighters Head to Westminster to Lobby MPs About the Sharp Rise in Firefighter Deaths

Today, more than 150 off-duty retained and wholetime Firefighters, Fire Officers and Emergency Fire Control Staff will join a national lobby organized by the FBU calling upon MPs to act on a national report on firefighter deaths published this week.

Fishing Vessel, Faithful Friend II, Sinks Off the Isle of Lewis

Stornoway Coastguard received a “Mayday” at ten to seven this morning by the Fraserburgh register fishing vessel ‘Faithful Friend II’ stating that they were taking on water 0.5 miles southwest of the Bayble Isle, Isle of Lewis...

Unidentified Sailing Objects Off the Isle of Skye

At 6:40pm on Wednesday evening Stornoway Coastguard received a call from the Police at Portree on the Isle of Skye reporting that one of their off-duty officers had sighted red and bright white flashing lights 200 yards off the beach at Staffin Bay in...

The Weather Wins England’s ‘Original Mountain Marathon’

England’s fell running event, the Original Mountain Marathon, has been abandoned under appalling weather conditions, which left a number of competitors stranded.

U.K. Coastguard Ocean Going Towing Vessel Takes Russian Timber Carrier to Safety

Early this morning the Captain of the Russian general cargo vessel ‘Mekahnik Semakov’ reported problems to Stornoway Coastguard that he had difficulties with their engines and in particular their fuel oil. At the time a sister ship the ‘Mekhanik...

England’s Portland Coastguard Involved in Two Separate Drinking Related Recovery Incidents

Portland Coastguard were involved in two separate recovery incidents last night where drinking alcohol could have ended in fatality statistics. At 23.00 a call to the Operations Room at Weymouth alerted the emergency service to a man who had been recovered...