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Yahoo
12 hours ago
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- Yahoo
RNLI called to rescue six people at two beaches
Six people have been rescued during two incidents on the same afternoon. RNLI Hunstanton was alerted at about 17:00 BST on Saturday to reports of three young women cut off by the tide on a sandbank off the Norfolk town. Then just 45 minutes later the crew went out to a man, woman and a child cut off by the tide at Scolt Head, near Brancaster. A spokesperson for RNLI Hunstanton said all six people were taken "safely ashore". The rescues came after a boy was saved on a live TV report after he was cut off by the tide at Wells-next-the-Sea on Friday. Follow Norfolk news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X. Boy's sea rescue captured on live TV report Forty people rescued in a day despite tide warning Beachgoers warned of 'incredibly hazardous' tides Beachgoers urged to check tide times after rescues RNLI
BBC News
13 hours ago
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- BBC News
RNLI Hunstanton called to rescue six people at two beaches
Six people have been rescued during two incidents on the same afternoon. RNLI Hunstanton was alerted at about 17:00 BST on Saturday to reports of three young women cut off by the tide on a sandbank off the Norfolk town. Then just 45 minutes later the crew went out to a man, woman and a child cut off by the tide at Scolt Head, near Brancaster. A spokesperson for RNLI Hunstanton said all six people were taken "safely ashore". The rescues came after a boy was saved on a live TV report after he was cut off by the tide at Wells-next-the-Sea on Friday. Follow Norfolk news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
BBC News
7 days ago
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- BBC News
Forty people rescued in a day in Norfolk despite tide warning
A lifeboat station said 40 people were cut off by the tide in the space of two hours despite its recent RNLI in Norfolk described Saturday as exceptionally busy, with 30 people reported stranded on a sandbank at Brancaster and 10 at Wells beach, although not all waited to be helped.A social media post said: "We have yet more reports of people putting their lives in danger trying to wade back to safety, please don't do it."On Tuesday it warned beachgoers of "incredibly hazardous" incoming tides after a person had to be rescued. It advised people to return to dry sand or land, with no more channels to cross, at least four hours before high tide. Most of the 30 people reported stranded in Brancaster at 12:10 BST on Saturday made their own way to safety but Hunstanton RNLI hovercraft took 10 people to inshore lifeboat was stood down but, as it made its way back to base, received reports of more people cut off by the tide at the western side of Wells beach."The lifeboat crew safely assisted seven adults, three children and two dogs from the quickly diminishing sandbank back to shore," the RNLI advised anyone cut off by the tide to call 999 and give as accurate a location as they can. Follow Norfolk news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
