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Crazy Mary s Hole among nicknames added to Ordnance Survey map to help stricken fishermen

Crazy Mary s Hole among nicknames added to Ordnance Survey map to help stricken fishermen More than 7,500 local nicknames have been added to the map in a bid to identify precise locations in an emergency Nicknames on maps will help emergency rescuers locate fishermen quickly Credit: Getty Images Local nicknames including ‘Crazy Mary’s Hole’ and ‘Stinky Bay’ have been added to an Ordnance Survey map of the coast to help locate stricken fishermen. It is hoped that the change will improve communication between members of the public and marine rescue teams in emergency situations, helping responders to attend to callouts faster and identify the precise locations of incidents.

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Pay unsung heroes of the volunteer coastguard, union demands

Pay unsung heroes of the volunteer coastguard, union demands © SYSTEM A union has warned it is prepared to take legal action on behalf of thousands of volunteer coastguards unless they become paid employees of the UK government. GMB Scotland said more than 2,800 rescue workers across the UK were “denied even the most basic rights of respect and recognition” by their employer, Her Majesty’s Coastguard, which is part of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency ( MCA). Prepared for legal action The union is demanding that their status as workers is “properly recognised and the work they do is properly valued and recognised”. The organisation argued that it is “prepared to litigate to obtain justice for these brave men and women.

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Pay unsung heroes of the volunteer coastguard, union demands

Updated: May 17, 2021, 6:50 pm © SYSTEM Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up A union has warned it is prepared to take legal action on behalf of thousands of volunteer coastguards unless they become paid employees of the UK government. GMB Scotland said more than 2,800 rescue workers across the UK were “denied even the most basic rights of respect and recognition” by their employer, Her Majesty’s Coastguard, which is part of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency ( MCA). Prepared for legal action The union is demanding that their status as workers is “properly recognised and the work they do is properly valued and recognised”. The organisation argued that it is “prepared to litigate to obtain justice for these brave men and women.

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Richard Parkes

Richard Parkes Richard Parkes was the Director of Her Majesty’s Coastguard. Her Majesty’s Coastguard coordinate maritime search and rescue within the UK SAR region, which covers some 1.25 million square nautical miles of sea and over 10.5 thousand nautical miles of coastline. HM Coastguard has a variety of resources it can use in response to an emergency situation – whether that is people in distress at sea, or emergencies on the coast or shoreline. HM Coastguard also has its own volunteer service – the Coastguard Rescue Service, comprising some 3,500 volunteers who form teams that are trained and equipped by HM Coastguard to respond to land-based emergencies such as cliff and mud rescues or searches for missing people.

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