Piel Island

The barrier, which was in place to prevent vehicles from driving across to Piel Island, was removed between 6pm on Sunday and 9am Monday. It is believes that a vehicle may have been used to remove the barrier. Police are reminding members of the public ...

His friend, safely on Piel Island, raised the alarm when the man failed to return from his yacht to Piel after some 20 minutes. The inshore lifeboat made an initial search to locate the yacht and having done so established that there was nobody on ...

The information received was that a man had been using a dingy as a tender boat between his yacht, which was moored in Pile Bight, and Piel Island. His friend, safely on Piel Island, raised the alarm when the man failed to return from his yacht to Piel ...

His friend, safely on Piel Island, raised the alarm when the man failed to return from his yacht to Piel after some 20 minutes. The lifeboat crew were paged and at 11:05pm the inshore lifeboat, “Vision of Tamworth”, was launched crewed by Dave Kell at ...

A MAN who thrown from his dinghy was rescued from Walney Channel late last night. Furness Coastguard and Barrow RNLI were called out just before 11pm after reports of a man being overdue back to Piel Island after ferrying friends had already returned.

A MAN who thrown from his dinghy was rescued from Walney Channel late last night. Furness Coastguard and Barrow RNLI were called out just before 11pm after reports of a man being overdue back to Piel Island after ferrying friends had already returned.