Coastguard to re-float grounded cargo ship at high tide
A spokesman for the Maritime and Coastguard Agency has said there is a plant to re-float a cargo ship that has run aground off the Northumberland coast at high tide:
There was no-one injured and no pollution observed at this time.
The Maritime and Coastguard Agency have been in touch with all relevant parties to ensure that the owners of the vessel have a salvage plan in place for the refloating of the vessel at the next high tide, which is this evening.
Coastguard: Search for teenager who jumped from ferry called off
The search for a teenage boy who is believed to have jumped from a ferry into a river near Plymouth last night has been called off, a spokesman for the Coastguard said.
Jordan Cobb, 16, from Plymouth in Devon was spotted jumping from the Torpoint ferry into the River Tamar last night.
The initial search was called off in the early hours of this morning and resumed later this morning.
Mark Rodaway from Portland Coastguard said: "We're determined to do absolutely everything we possibly can to attempt to get a successful outcome and locate these people (three fishermen missing off the Dorset coast) safe and well."
Helicopters being used in search for three fishermen
Fred Caygill of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency has said that the search for three missing fishermen off the Dorset coast is still underway. He told Sky News that electronic search aids were being used and that a helicopter would be scrambled very shortly.
Coastguard: Helicopter used to search for missing fishermen
A fishing vessel has been reported missing and has not been seen since leaving port this morning. Cindy Rodaway, watch manager at Portland Coastguard, said:
The coastguard helicopter commenced a search from the air of known fishing grounds of this vessel as soon as we were alerted.
We have also searched all evening utilising the skills of the lifeboat crew and the crews of the Navy warships and the electronic search aids at their disposal.
Two members of the US Coastguard have been found shot dead at Kodiak base in Alaska. They were found at a communications base. The circumstances of the shooting are still unclear.