http://www.mcga.gov.uk/c4mca/press-releases.htmMaritime and Coastguard Agency - Newsen-gbTue, 19 May 2009 12:36:21 GMTCopyright: (C) Maritime and Coastguard Agencyhttp://www.mcga.gov.uk/c4mca/press-releases10http://www.mcga.gov.uk/c4mca/rss-mca-logo.jpghttp://www.mcga.gov.uk/c4mca/press-releases.htmAt just before 1.00 pm this afternoon Aberdeen Coastguard were contacted by a 999 call to an unfolding incident on the beach at Banff links.http://www.mcga.gov.uk/c4mca/press-releaseshttp://www.mcga.gov.uk/c4mca/press-releases?id=48C0BC41174FB644At around 11.15 pm last night a man overboard strobe light which was flashing was reported in the sea 6 miles east of Swanage. It appeared to have nothing attached to it. The finder of the flashing light was a single-handed yachtsman who reported his find to Portland Coastguard and continued on his way.http://www.mcga.gov.uk/c4mca/press-releaseshttp://www.mcga.gov.uk/c4mca/press-releases?id=938E2C3106BA8C21At half past one this afternoon, Falmouth Coastguard received several 999 calls reporting an incident at Little Fistral Beach, Newquay.http://www.mcga.gov.uk/c4mca/press-releaseshttp://www.mcga.gov.uk/c4mca/press-releases?id=DA2D91DC728ED0F5At half past three this afternoon, Liverpool Coastguard were alerted to an incident in the water at Blackpool beach involving two fourteen year olds.http://www.mcga.gov.uk/c4mca/press-releaseshttp://www.mcga.gov.uk/c4mca/press-releases?id=357A5F31A3641FF8Yesterday afternoon Portland Coastguard received a call from the crew of a yacht expressing concern for a yacht, `Erma, who had caused them to alter course in the middle of the English Channel and who did not respond to hails or VHF. http://www.mcga.gov.uk/c4mca/press-releaseshttp://www.mcga.gov.uk/c4mca/press-releases?id=166526066FE10677At a little after 4.00 pm this afternoon Brixham Coastguard requested that the Torbay RNLI Lifeboat and Torbay Council patrol boat go to investigate reports of three people in the water off Hopes Nose after it was reported that one wake-boarder had been injured whilst being towed by a speedboat. http://www.mcga.gov.uk/c4mca/press-releaseshttp://www.mcga.gov.uk/c4mca/press-releases?id=B7EEEEA2F53123EBYesterday afternoon at around 1.30 pm, the skipper of the motor-boat `Cats Whiskers made an emergency call to Portland Coastguard on VHF Channel 16 to report that a jet ski with one male rider had collided with the motor-boat Albabra in the entrance to Poole Harbour; the jet-ski rider had been thrown from his craft and had sustained head injuries. http://www.mcga.gov.uk/c4mca/press-releaseshttp://www.mcga.gov.uk/c4mca/press-releases?id=D7EDF53AB7A6F53EJust before 11.00 pm this evening Humber Coastguard were alerted to a dive boat in Beadnell Bay which was reporting a male diver in his 30s from Chester-Le-Street overdue by half an hour in the darkness.http://www.mcga.gov.uk/c4mca/press-releaseshttp://www.mcga.gov.uk/c4mca/press-releases?id=0772B5E8F168CAF8Earlier this evening Portland Coastguard were alerted to a dog over the cliff at Durdle Door in Dorset. The cocker spaniel Lola had escaped its leash and was halfway down the cliff and could not return to its owner, who comes from Gloucestershire, who in turn was becoming very concerned for its safety. http://www.mcga.gov.uk/c4mca/press-releaseshttp://www.mcga.gov.uk/c4mca/press-releases?id=D68AA99CFCCBC4F8Forth Coastguard this afternoon co-ordinated the rapid rescue of eight children who were in danger at the beach in North Berwick.http://www.mcga.gov.uk/c4mca/press-releaseshttp://www.mcga.gov.uk/c4mca/press-releases?id=36CBA990F95CD75B