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UK Coastguard officers have mounted a training exercise with the Royal Bermuda Regiment Coast Guard and other emergency services. The exercise was led by Commander Phil Bostock, the HM Coastguard Operational Lead, Overseas Territories Search and Resc...

A cat-astrophe was avoided yesterday after a pet cat got stuck at the top of a utility pole. A full-scale rescue operation that involved the SPCA and a cherry-picker from power firm Belco was launched after a sharp-eyed schoolgirl spotted the strande...

A Turkish seaman suffering from lower abdominal pain was transferred from an oil tanker last Monday. Bermuda Maritime Operations Centre said. BMOC said on its website that it was notified on August 15 that the Maltese-registered crude oil tanker Zey...

A wife and husband say they are lucky to be alive after lightning hit their house blowing out a ceiling, cracking a chimney, smashing a glass fire guard and causing electrical explosions. Lorna and Paul Singh were in their house on Rockywold Drive in...

A man who was rescued by the US Coast Guard in 2014 trying to travel from Florida to Bermuda by sea in a floating bubble, has drifted ashore trying to “walk” to New York from Florida. Reza Baluchi, a marathon runner and Iranian exile, was featured o...

A French yacht en route to the Azores was towed to the island yesterday after it was hit by rough weather and mechanical problems. The Bermuda Maritime Operations Centre said the 40ft French boat Reve D’Oceans IV was en route from the Dominican Repub...

The coastguard, Navy and good Samaritan vessels combined efforts to medevac a tanker ship crew member to Bermuda on Friday. Rescue Co-ordination Centre Bermuda notified watchstanders at the coastguard’s Fifth District command centre in Portsmouth of ...

A group of firefighters have notched up a decade on the front line of public safety. Sergeant Steven Caisey said: “A career in emergency services requires compassion and self-sacrifice. “It can be extremely demanding, which is why we have to honour t...

Royal Bermuda Regiment soldiers have been awarded Commander-in-Chief Commendations for bravery. Sergeant Damir Armstrong was honoured for his leadership and swift reaction on the night two soldiers were hit by a car at a Covid-19 curfew vehicle check...

A man who dived into the sea to pull a close friend out of her overturned car said it was a “miracle” that she did not die. Larry Simmons, 24, added that he was driven by instinct when he and emergency responders pried open the back door of her car b...

A sailor on a British tanker was brought to Bermuda this morning after he suffered facial injuries. The Bermuda Maritime Operations Centre said it received a satellite phone call from the tanker British Sponsor about the injured sailor shortly before...

Three sailors arrived in New York this morning after being rescued from a yacht that ran into rough weather off Bermuda. The crew on board the 42-foot yacht Esmerelda decided to abandon the vessel in heavy seas and high winds and were plucked off ...