COASTGUARD officers have been called to rescue a man overboard . Officers from Portland Bill Coastguard Rescue Team were called to a report of a man overboard training dummy in the water at Chesil Cove at 7.58pm on Tuesday. Crews located the dummy, which was roughly 20 metres from the shore, and used a throw line to bring it onto the beach. A spokesman for Portland Bill Coastguard Rescue Team said: The team was tasked by Solent Coastguard to a report of a man overboard training dummy that was floating in the water approximately 20metres from the shore at Chesil Cove. On arrival at Chesil Cove the team located the dummy and, once within reach, recovered the dummy onto the beach with the use of a throw line before returning to station.
AN innovative community project has been set up in Weymouth to help anglers and beach litter-pickers safely dispose of fishing tackle and hooks. New Line Pipe Bins have been strategically placed along the local coastline for people to deposit angling debris, which is then recycled. The bins are made from recycled lengths of pipe and have been adopted by volunteers from an environmentally-minded community group, ‘Paws on Weymouth Beaches & Open Spaces, which has been overseeing the project, thanks to funding from Litterfree Coast & Sea. Jane Fuhrmann, a member of Paws on Weymouth Beaches & Open Spaces, said: We all know the damage fishing line can do to our wildlife - our members collect it daily from our shores, often with dangerous hooks attached.