We were tasked to search the River Usk this morning following concerns raised for a missing person.

Due to the large search area, SARA Newport's Lifeboat 14 was joined by SARA Lifeboat 3 from Beachley.

Thankfully both lifeboats were stood down once the person was located safe on land.

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SARA Newport lifeboat crew received a call for assistance yesterday following reports of a person entering the River Usk at Newport and in difficulty.

The crew dropped what they were doing and attended station to ready SARA Lifeboat 14 ‘The Maureen Easton’ to launch.

Thankfully, as the crew were leaving station, the fire service successfully rescued the person concerned.

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The SARA Beachley Rope Rescue - and Lifeboat - Teams were called out this afternoon to support Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue Service in the rescue of a dog from cliffs at Chepstow.  HM Coastguard Chepstow also attended.

Young Bracken had got carried away exploring the bottom of his garden - he then couldn't get back and the owners couldn't reach him.  The two rescue teams worked together to lower a firefighter and then safely retrieve him with the young spaniel.  SARA Lifeboat 3 was also launched and stood by on the river below, as the backup plan, but was then stood down.

Many thanks and well done to all who responded.

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At 1425, we were tasked to search for a missing person in the Rubery area. Team members from SARA Wyre Forest and Tewkesbury attended, along with West Mercia Search & Rescue.

The missing person was located safe and well outside of the search area.

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Boat teams from SARA Wyre Forest and Tewkesbury were deployed to Pershore around 10am, supporting West Mercia Police and West Mercia Search and Rescue with an ongoing search.   SARA Rescue Boats 17 and 26 ‘The Stuart Frost’ were deployed.  

The search was eventually stood down for the day with nothing having been found.  

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At 1420, we were requested to assist extracting a lady with a leg injury off of the Clent Hills. SARA Wyre Forest crew attended.
The casualty was assessed by crew and transported off of the hill in Mobile 4 back to the car park to be taken to hospital by her family.

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During continued search efforts undertaken on behalf of Gwent Police, a water rescue team from SARA Newport and Beachley located a body near to the Afon Lwyd river. Over the past 6 weeks or so we have undertaken a number of searches of the river and adjacent areas.  Due to storms and the changing nature of the river, these were very challenging areas to search.Our thoughts remain with the family and friends of the man concerned, at this very difficult time.