Ventnor Coastguard With 40 Years Service To Be Presented With British Empire Medal
A Ventnor Coastguard will this week receive his British Empire Medal at the station he has manned for more than four decades.
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Stinky Bay? Local names added to map to aid coastal rescue
BBC News By Jane Wakefield image captionLocals often know beaches by names that are not on official maps Ordnance Survey is releasing a mapping tool which assigns local nicknames to coastal areas to make it easier to find people in need of help. Stinky Bay, Crazy Marys Hole and Nuncle Dicks may be familiar names to those who live nearby, but they would rarely appear on any map. Now these alternative names will be overlaid on the official names on the OS map to help speed up response times. The ...
United Kingdom Great Britain Pete Mizen Chris Chambers Maritime Coastguard Agency Os National Mapping Services
Source: bbc.co.uk