A shoreline search has begun this morning for a missing light aircraft which disappeared from radar yesterday.
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Fraud and theft investigations at a south west sailing club
Police are investigating allegations of fraud and theft relating to the Chew Valley Sailing Club.
Huge World War Two mine destroyed in The Solent
Royal Navy bomb disposal experts have destroyed a 1,500lb (680kg) German mine discovered on the seabed in The Solent.
DONG Energy agrees partnership to support RNLI
DONG Energy is to make donations totalling £120,000 towards RNLI lifeboat stations at Wells, Clacton-on-Sea, Humber, Barrow, New Brighton and Ramsgate
‘Storm Abigail’ to bring severe gales to Scotland
Across the far north and northwest of Scotland including the Western Isles and Northern Isles, severe southwesterly winds are forecast to develop with gusts of 70-80mph
Lifeboat crews recover drifting yacht from shipping lane
Gravesend RNLI lifeboat crew recovered an unmanned yacht after it broke free from its mooring and drifted into a shipping lane.
Scotland gives green light to world’s largest floating wind project
The Scottish Government has granted consent to the UK’s first and world’s largest floating offshore wind development.
Five rescued from liferaft after abandoning sinking boat
Angle RNLI volunteers responded to a Mayday call in the early hours of yesterday morning and rescued five crew from a sinking fishing boat off the Pembrokeshire coast.
Navitus Bay off the Table
Navitus Bay developers decide not to challenge the decision to refuse consent for the South Coast offshore wind farm
Poole set to host 2017 European Maritime Day
Being the only time this event will take place in the UK, Poole will act as representative to the international maritime community...
Historic Henry V shipwreck found in Hamble River
Historic England is taking steps to protect and investigate a shipwreck in Hampshire that is believed to be the second of four 'great ships' built for Henry V's royal fleet.
Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon faces delay
Plans to build the world’s first ever tidal lagoon power plant rescheduled
Coastguard appeal for information about missing skipper
Missing sailor appeal after an upturned Hobie Cat was discovered by a merchant vessel off the Kent coast
Four saved from sinking boat on river Exe
RNLI crew found the casualties standing on their sinking boat up to their waists in water, clinging to the two masts.
Notice to Mariners: Underwater horse sculptures
Four horse sculptures that rise out of the water at low tide are providing a temporary hazard to navigation on the Thames
Unlocking the sea’s CO2 storage potential
Results from a study of rocks beneath the UK North Sea show the potential for carbon dioxide CO2 storage in deep geological formations
Navitus Bay Wind Park refused development consent
The Department for Energy and Climate Change has announced its decision to refuse development consent for the proposed Navitus Bay wind farm on the South Coast of England.
Diver jailed for fraud following historic canons discovery
'Had these artefacts been correctly reported, the finder would have been entitled to a substantial salvage award... Instead, he is facing a custodial sentence.'
Win the PBO Project Boat at the Southampton Boat Show
All aboard for Europe’s largest outdoor boat show for the launch of a competition to win PBO's Snapdragon 23 Hantu Biru and a new ARC Channel Islands rally
Tanker towed to Peterhead after collision at sea
A waterlogged, listing tanker was towed to safety after being in collision with a cargo vessel, approximately four miles off Peterhead.