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Coastguard to end two-day strike
Th strike by the coastguard in Northern Ireland is due to end today."A 48-hour strike involving local Coastguard staff is due to end on Monday evening. The action, over the Bank Holiday weekend, has been taken by those co-ordinating rescues. However, boat crews of the...Coastguards go on strike in Northern Ireland
Coastguards in Northern Ireland have gone on strike for the bank holiday weekend, and beachgoers are being warned to take caution as there will not be anyone to rescue them if they get into trouble. The strike is being called over a pay dispute. "People have been warned to...
Tombstoning season opens with the year's first fatality
'Tombstoning' describes diving from cliffs or sea walls into shallow water and has already claimed a number of lives in recent years. The latest in thrill-seeking pastimes or the dumbest variant on base-jumping, this... UK local government workers on strike
People in England, Wales and Northern Ireland will find their ability to get local services greatly hampered today as thousands of council staff go on strike over pay. The strike will close libraries, stop rubbish collection and close schools and town halls. It will last... At least 21 dolphins have died after becoming stranded in a river in Cornwall.
" Dead dolphins on the river bankA rescue operation was launched after a pod of around 15 striped dolphins swam up the Percuil River near Falmouth, Cornwall, before they were beached in Porth Creek.More...Coastguard staff strike over pay
The UK coastguard has gone on strike as of 7am this morning."Union members at the Maritime and Coastguard Agency have gone on strike over pay levels.The Public and Commercial Services Union said about 700 of its... Power cut as severe storm batters Britain
It's raining cats and dogs out there!" Winds of more than 80mph are battering parts of the UK, as what forecasters have called an "exceptional" storm sweeps through the British Isles. Traffic chaos: Read the latest... UK Coastguards stage first-ever strike
France has taken over coast guard duties in the English channel as UK coast guards have gone on strike. "Coastguards went on strike on Thursday for the first time ever, in a row over pay. The 24-hour stoppage by up to 700 members of the Public and Commercial...Bomb scare forces North Sea oil rig evacuation
Just in... Seems the issue is one woman who has smuggles a 'device onto the flotel......Breaking ...."Hundreds of oil workers are being airlifted from an oil platform in the North Sea following a security alert. A total of 539 people are being taken off the Safe... Beach container mystery resolved
Aliens, governement conspiracy, space exploration technology...? "The mystery of a huge container washed up on a beach in the Western Isles has been solved.
The 27m container has been identified as a beer fermentation tank belonging to the American brewery Coors.
The... Canoeist resurfaces five years on
"A canoeist who went missing, presumed drowned, more than five years ago, has walked into a London police station"Ship sinking in Antarctic waters
Posted at about 2am Pacific time. This is a developing story. Nothing to add yet."LONDON, England (AP) -- More than 150 people have abandoned a sinking cruise liner that struck an object in Antarctic waters, Britain's Coast Guard said. Media reports said the ship, believed to...Couple get engaged, then dial 999
"A couple feared their romance was on the rocks - just moments after becoming engaged in a seaside proposal. Soldier Shaun Mancinelli, based at Chippenham, Wiltshire, popped the question to his girlfriend Llian, 18,...Stranded migrants disappear in European waters
Migrants trying to make it to Europe from Libya have disappeared after sending up an emergency call for help to the British Authorities. Cornish coastguards have been unable to find the vessel, apparently containing... Update August 03: Tombstoning, So Named Because Of The High Level Of Fataliti...
UPDATE: Friday August 03, 2007
Coastguards have found the body of a 16-year-old boy who they believe died after "tombstoning" at Minehead Harbour in Somerset. The body was found in the early hours when the tide...
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