Berwick Lifeboat and Coastguard team rescue group of people cut off by the sea close to Northumberland holiday park

The Coastguard was alerted to the incident, which was close to the town, at around 2pm today (September 25).

A statement from His Majesty’s Coastguard said: “Rescue teams from Berwick and Eyemouth, along with lifeboats from Berwick, were sent to a holiday park in the Berwick area. There were reports of up to seven people being cut off on a beach.

“All have since made it to safety and required no further help after meeting up with the rescue teams.”

A spokeswoman for Berwick RNLI said: “The all-weather Mersey and the inshore D-Class lifeboats were underway in eight minutes and proceeded to Berwick Haven on the north side of Greenses Harbour.

“The inshore lifeboat located the casualties and once on scene, Helmsman Robbie Skelly assessed the situation with his crew and relayed it back to the Coxswain on the all-weather lifeboat.

“Due to there being seven people, and four of them young children, Coxswain Robert Frost made the decision for the inshore lifeboat to transfer everyone to the all-weather lifeboat based on everyone’s safety.

“The tide was still filling and although they were on a ledge, there was still a risk of one of them falling off and the cliff was too steep for young children to climb up.

“Initially, there had been eight people but one of the adults had managed to scramble up the cliffs and raise the alarm.

“Once all casualties had been brought on board, the all-weather lifeboat made haste over to the Berwick-upon-Tweed Dock.

“On arrival, Berwick-upon-Tweed HM Coastguard were on the scene and helped the casualties get ashore.

“This was a great example of multi-agency teamwork and a very quick response with a good outcome.”