showed that this wouldn t be difficult to implement. that this would be difficult. one of our real problems with the government s closed mind on this is that the evidence of the inquiry and in the consultation did not show that personal emergency evacuation plans were disproportionate or impractical. tributes have been paid to a man from cardigan, in wales, who drowned after going into the sea to rescue two children. hywel morgan s family described him in a statement as a devoted father and a hero. he was pulled from the sea at poppit sands, but later died. aled scourfield reports. conditions on friday night were said to be treacherous at poppit sands a popular beach just a few miles from cardigan town centre. the local rnli lifeboat was sent out just after 7pm after reports that a body boarder and a swimmer were in difficulty near the beach. coastguard teams, the wales air ambulance and other emergency services quicklyjoined the frantic rescue efforts.
Coastguard Teams in Mud & Water Rescue Training in Strangford Lough
1st March 2021
Portaferry and Bangor Coastguard Rescue Teams during Strangford Lough Mud and Water rescue training
Credit: Portaferry Coastguard Rescue Team
Portaferry Coastguard Rescue team was joined by the Bangor team for joint mud and water rescue training in Strangford Lough on Sunday, 28th February.
The Dorn at Ardkeen was the location for the mud training. The word Dorn, from the Gaelic word for narrow channel, refers to the channel which connects several sheltered bays to the Lough near Ardkeen on the eastern side of the Lough.
Cook Street Quay in Portaferry town was used for the water rescue training.
RNLI Kessock lifeboat crew is tasked with helping in back to back searches By Hector MacKenzie
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Updated: 07:10, 04 January 2021
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It was a busy night for the local crew. Picture: D. Caulfield. RNLI Kessock.
Volunteers with a Highland lifeboat crew had a back to back shouts last night after being tasked to help in two separate searches.
RNLI Kessock lifeboat volunteers were first paged at 8.05pm and launched to help Police Scotland conduct a shoreline search between Avoch Harbour and Fortrose.
Helicopter Rescue 151 and Coastguard Teams from Inverness, Nairn and Cromarty were also in attendance.