2 h. ago Man, 67, dies after being pulled from the sea during major search for missing people off Yorkshire coast

Coastguard helicopters, lifeboats and paramedics scrambled to Withernsea as three-metre waves batter shoreline and temperatures plunge to freezing

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4 h. ago Desperate rescue mission launched after a 'number of people' go missing in freezing water off Yorkshire coast

Emergency crews were called to the area off the East Yorkshire coast just after 3pm on Friday afternoon, including HM Coastguard, the RNLI, and ambulance, police and fire services.

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5 h. ago Major rescue mission launched after a 'number of people in difficulty' in sea off Withernsea

Emergency crews were called to the area off the East Yorkshire coast just after 3pm on Friday afternoon, including HM Coastguard, the RNLI, and ambulance, police and fire services.

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6 h. ago Major rescue operation launched as several swimmers get into trouble in freezing sea off Yorkshire coast

Coastguard helicopters, lifeboats and paramedics scrambled to Withernsea as three-metre waves batter shoreline and temperatures plunge to freezing

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6 h. ago UK beach emergency as major search launched for people 'in difficulty' in water

Coastguard helicopters, RNLI lifeboats, Yorkshire Ambulance Service and Humberside Police are conducting a major search and rescue operation at Withernsea after reports of people in difficulty

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8 h. ago Three people rescued after becoming stranded on Firth of Forth island

The RNLI and Coastguard arrived at the scene after being alerted following a 999 call.

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4 d. ago Man missing after Christmas Day 'paid price' of being true hero 'in place he loved'

Antiques dealer Matthew Upham, 63, is still unaccounted for after a rescue operation was launched in Budleigh Salterton, Devon, following reports that people got into difficulty during the swim

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6 d. ago Four people are rescued and 36 evacuated from central London hotel blaze

Firefighters were called to the three-star Mabledon Court hotel between King's Cross and St Pancras stations at around 2am this morning.

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6 d. ago King's Cross hotel fire sees four rescued from fourth floor after major evacuation

Firefighters rescued four people and evacuated 36 others from a hotel on Mabledon Place after a basement fire broke out in the early hours of Saturday morning

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7 d. ago Stroud Boxing Day fire as horror blaze leaves 3 people 'unaccounted for'

Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue Service are currently working to locate three people following a horror blaze on Boxing Day at a property on Brimscombe Hill in Stroud

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8 d. ago Two people missing after Christmas Day swim as search and rescue mission underway

Emergency services are at the scene of an incident at a beach in Devon following concern for people in the water, police have said, as two men have been confirmed missing

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8 d. ago Christmas Day search underway as rescuers look for people in sea off Devon

A major search effort is taking place

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1 week ago Man describes narrow escape after boats pulled into giant hole on Shropshire canal

Major incident declared as 50-metre-long breach opens up in waterway previously flagged as ‘amber risk’A man has told of his narrow escape after waking up just in time to raise the alarm as his canal boat and those of others were swallowed by a fast-appearing giant hole.Emergency services declared a major incident after the 50-metre-long crater – initially described by emergency services and other agencies as a sinkhole – breached the Llangollen canal in England’s West Midlands, leaving boats teetering on the edge of a steep drop or stuck at the bottom of the cavity. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Whitchurch canal sinkhole: Major incident declared in Shropshire as 14 people rescued from narrowboats days before Christmas

Emergency services are on scene in the Chemistry area of Whitchurch after the gaping hole, around 50 metres by 50 metres in size, started to develop at 4.22am.

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1 week ago Ten people rescued after boats pulled into sinkhole in Shropshire canal

Major incident declared as 50-metre-long breach opens up and discharges water on to surrounding landTen people have been helped to safety after a sinkhole opened up in a Shropshire canal, pulling in boats and discharging large volumes of water on to surrounding land.Emergency services declared a major incident after the 50-metre-long sinkhole breached the canal in the West Midlands, leaving boats teetering on the edge of a steep drop or stuck at the bottom of the cavity. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Man describes narrow escape after boats pulled into sinkhole on Shropshire canal

Major incident declared as 50-metre-long breach opens up in waterway previously flagged as ‘amber risk’A man has told of his narrow escape after waking up just in time to raise the alarm as his canal boat and those of others were swallowed by a sinkhole.Emergency services declared a major incident after the 50-metre-long crater breached the Llangollen canal in England’s West Midlands, leaving boats teetering on the edge of a steep drop or stuck at the bottom of the cavity. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Whitchurch canal sinkhole: Major incident declared in Shropshire as 10 people rescued from narrowboats days before Christmas

Emergency services are on scene in the Chemistry area of Whitchurch after the gaping hole, around 50 metres by 50 metres in size, started to develop at 4.22am.

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1 week ago Major incident declared in Shropshire as huge sinkhole swallows canal: 10 people rescued from damaged narrowboats just days before Christmas

Emergency services are on scene in the Chemistry area of Whitchurch after the gaping hole, around 50 metres by 50 metres in size, started to develop at 4.22am.

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2 w. ago East Dunbartonshire incident: Four people rescued after getting stuck in drain

They were checked over by the Scottish Ambulance Service.

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2 w. ago Below Deck star rescued people from 'traumatic' Bondi terror attack as he describes 'carnage'

‘To me, if I went home and I turned a blind eye to it, I wouldn't have been able to sleep at night,’ the Irish reality star said

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