MRCC Yarmouth paged Hunstanton Coastguard after a report of an inflatable dinghy drifting off Heacham. After locating the first informant, the Coastguards observed the empty dinghy through binoculars. They reported its exact position in case of any more reports, and checked the promenade in case the dinghy’s owner was there, but found no-one, and returned to base.

MRCC Yarmouth paged Hunstanton Coastguard after a report of an inflatable dinghy in difficulties about 400m offshore. They found the inflatable, containing a 30-year-old man and his girlfriend, being helped ashore by the man’s sister. Once the casualties were safely ashore, Coastguards gave them some safety advice.

Out on a routine patrol, Hunstanton Coastguard was asked by a member of the public to administer minor first aid to a female casualty at the Sailing Club. Afterwards, they completed their patrol and returned to base.

MRCC Yarmouth paged Hunstanton Coastguard after a report that a four-year-old child was missing on Brancaster beach. By the time the team arrived on scene, the child had been found.

The team was immediately tasked to Old Hunstanton where another person was missing. This person had turned up by the time the Coastguards arrived, so they carried out a safety patrol back along the beach as far as Hunstanton powerboat ramp.

A 16-year-old kite surfer suffered a back injury when he left the ground, landed badly and was hit by his buggy. The position was reported to be on the Holme side of the lifeboat station, about 15 minutes’ walk away. MRCC Yarmouth paged Hunstanton Coastguard, who located the casualty and helped ambulance paramedics. The Air Ambulance took the casualty to Norfolk and Norwich Hospital.

MRCC Yarmouth paged Hunstanton Coastguard after a watercraft ran out of fuel between Heacham and Hunstanton. The craft, with two young people on board, was towed in to Heacham North Beach at 20:45. Coastguards took details and checked that the pair were safe and well.

MRCC Yarmouth phoned Hunstanton Coastguard after a member of the public reported seeing a red flare off Holme. Three team members located the informant at the Le Strange Arms, and then checked Holme beach. Nothing further was seen and the team stood down at 23:00.

MRCC Yarmouth paged Hunstanton Coastguard after a man fell on a boat and broke his leg. Four members of the team attended to help ambulance paramedics. The Air Ambulance took the casualty to hospital in Norwich.

Hunstanton and Sutton Bridge Coastguard teams were paged after a boat was reported to have turned over on the river Great Ouse. The location was given as near the power station, but it was not clear whether this referred to Sutton Bridge or King’s Lynn.

The boat turned out to have capsized in the middle of the river at Saddlebow, near the sailing club, with its mast stuck in the mud. The crew of two people had swum to shore and left without telling anyone. MRCC Yarmouth stood down the rescue effort, which also included an RAF rescue helicopter, two fire engines and Hunstanton lifeboat.

MRCC Yarmouth paged Hunstanton Coastguard after a report of a missing and potentially suicidal woman. Large numbers of police and a police helicopter were on scene.

Five members of the Hunstanton team, accompanied by North Norfolk Coastguard Sector Manager Tony Garbutt, searched the dunes from the lifeboat station towards Holme. The police found the casualty near the cliffs.

Two members of Hunstanton Coastguard gave first aid to a man who had been hit in the face by a winch at the power boat club.

Hunstanton Coastguard was asked to investigate a report of a car cut off by the tide at Thornham harbour. The driver and passengers had managed to escape, leaving the car high and dry, and were preparing to return to their vehicle after the tide had turned.

MRCC Yarmouth paged Hunstanton Coastguard after a report of a kite surfer in trouble. They arrived on scene to find that the elderly man was simply having difficulty getting his kite out of the water.

MRCC Yarmouth called Hunstanton Coastguard after a boat was seen drifting downriver. The police followed it until it went aground near the point. One report said that three people were on board. Arriving at the scene, the team relayed radio communications between the control room at Yarmouth, Hunstanton RNLI hovercraft, and the police. The hovercraft crew reported a single set of footprints leaving the boat. After securing the boat with stakes and ropes, Coastguards and RNLI personnel searched the marsh and the sea bank for 45 minutes, but found no sign of the boat’s occupants. The operation stood down shortly after 2:00 am.

MRCC Yarmouth paged Hunstanton Coastguard to assist the RNLI with an exhausted kite surfer at the water’s edge. Coastguards used their vehicle to transport the casualty to the RNLI boathouse to rendezvous with a paramedic. After a check over by an Air Ambulance doctor, the casualty went to hospital by ambulance.

MRCC Yarmouth paged Hunstanton Coastguard after a report of a possible missing person at King’s Lynn. While the Coastguard team was en route for Lynn, RAF helicopter Rescue 128 reported that the person had been found. The Coastguards returned to base.

MRCC Yarmouth paged Hunstanton Coastguard after a report of distress flares off Old Hunstanton. In good visibility and with many people about, the team searched from Old Hunstanton to The Firs at Holme, but found nothing. Hunstanton RNLI crew reported that a member of the public might have been letting off fireworks on the beach.