Coastguard's cliff warning
The Coastguard is warning of coastal dangers after three cliff incidents in two days.
Sea rescues soar in hot weather
The RNLI has seen a sharp rise in callouts to help people in danger off the South coast.
Minute's silence for fishermen
Prayers and a minute's silence was observed at chuches in Weymouth today for the crew of the fishing boat Purbeck Isle
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Sailor's coastguard rescue
Sailor rescued in stormy seas
A lone sailor has been rescued by the coastguard off the coast of Eastbourne in near gale force winds.
A distress call was made at around 8pm on Friday night. When the lifeboat arrived the 38ft yacht was on its side with a broken mast.
A man in his 60s was rescued from the cabin of the yacht which had run aground on a rocky ledge.
Frank O’Neill, Watch Manager, Dover Coastguard said: "This was a challenging situation for the rescue units, due to difficult weather conditions".
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Dorset MP fights for Portland helicopter
The Prime Minister today defended changes to the south's coastguard helicopter search and rescue service, saying they would improve average response times by 20%.
Dorset MP Richard Drax asked David Cameron to step in to save the Portland coastguard helicopter base, which is due to close by 2017.
Divers airlifted after suffering from the bends
Two divers have been airlifted after suffering from the bends off the coast of Dorset. A 46-year-old woman and a 55-year-old man showed symptoms of decompression sickness off Swanage, on Saturday. They were rescued by a coastguard helicopter and taken to the Poole Recompression Chamber.
Coastguard's cliff warning
The Coastguard is warning of coastal dangers after three cliff incidents in two days.
Read the full storyPartner of man lost at sea after attempted rescue speaks out
The partner of a man missing at sea after he helped rescue two children who had
got into trouble has spoken of the loss of her "soulmate
Marco Araujo, of Grafton Street, Portsmouth, Hampshire, was last seen in the
water at the mouth of Portsmouth Harbour on Thursday afternoon.
The 33-year-old and another man went to the rescue of two girls, one aged four
and the other aged 10.
The other man made it back to the shore but Mr Araujo did not.
In a statement Mr Araujo's partner Tracey Hall
said: "A lovely family day turned into my worst nightmare, which I cannot wake
from.
"My three-year-old grandson and I watched Marco go into the sea to save lives.
There was no hesitation from Marco."I have lost my partner, my best friend and my soulmate.
"To everyone you are a hero, but to me, you were my life. "
Anyone with information should contact Hampshire Police.
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Coastguard stands down search for man missing after sea rescue
The search for a man missing in the waters of Portsmouth harbour has been called off.
Police were called at 3.45pm yesterday to reports that the man had gone into the water at Tower Street to rescue two children.
Both children are safe as is another man who also went in to save them.
Search continues for missing sea rescue man in Portsmouth
The search is continuing for a man missing in the waters of Portsmouth harbour.
Police were called at 3.45pm yesterday to reports that the man had gone into the water at Tower Street to rescue two children.
Both children are safe as is another man who also went in to save them.
The search for the first man is continuing in the waters around Camber Docks and Old Portsmouth and involves the Coastguard Helicopter and the Ministry of Defence police boat.
Police hace stressed "This is still very much a missing persons enquiry and rumours on social networking sites that a body has been recovered are untrue."
Search resumes for missing man
A search has resumed in Portsmouth for a man who went missing while trying to rescue two children from the sea.
Teams began looking again at five this morning along the coastline at Hayling, Southsea and Langstone.
The man was one of two people who went to help the children when they got into difficulty near the Round Tower yesterday.
Search goes on for man who tried to save two children
Police are searching for a man who who jumped in to save two children who'd got into trouble off the coast of Portsmouth.
He was one of two men who attempted to rescue the three year old and seventeen year old off the Round Tower near Southsea. Helen Plint has sent this from the scene.
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