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The search for an illegal immigrant who jumped from a ship yesterday evening has been stood down, according to reports.

Three members of Her Majesty’s Coastguard have been recognised in today’s Queens Birthday Honours including two volunteer Coastguard Rescue Officers and the Agency’s Search and Rescue Communications Manager.

The crew of a Grimsby fishing vessel have been rescued after their boat was badly damaged in a collision with a Dutch trawler in the North Sea.

Falmouth Coastguard co-ordinated the rescue of the crew of yacht OCTAGON last night, after it lost its steering and began to take on water 300 miles north west of Spain. The yacht was travelling from the Azores to the UK.

A lone sailor who was rescued south of Mumbles, Swansea, yesterday with no power and almost no safety equipment on board has just been rescued again after setting out for the second time and once again losing engine power, this time off nearby Rhoose Point.

A fisherman was rescued by Ballycotton lifeboat after his vessel sank.

The man’s family got worried when he failed to return to harbour at 11.30pm on 9 April. Attempts were made to contact him by radio and phone, to no avail.

There was special joy for the crew of Tobermory RNLI Lifeboat on Saturday night (17 April) when they rushed a woman in labour to Oban hospital