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The vessel got into trouble at Cairnbulg Point, Aberdeenshire, at about 5.50am on Monday.

A car with a single male occupant has plunged off a cliff by the popular Blue Dolphin holiday park near Filey, in North Yorkshire, with the man dying and his family have been informed

Coastguard, police and the ambulance service are at the scene

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A major emergency service presence was seen in the area

The Coastguard said it co-ordinated a search and rescue operation on Thursday morning, working with the Navy, Border Force and police.

TWO people have been rescued after they were forced to abandon their sinking fishing boat and take to a life raft.

Pair climbed onto life raft until Coastguard arrived

The pair issued a Mayday call at around 3am.

The group had abandoned their car on the Holy Island causeway and made their way into the Refuge Box where they were rescued

The man, in his 20s, fell from a ledge and was knocked unconscious