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Dog rescued during busy few days for Exmouth's lifeboat crews

Rescued dog Barney with owners and RNLI volunteers Ed Shutt and Scott Ranft

Exmouth's RNLI have been called out to a series of incidents over the last few days.

They included broken down boats, a teenager cut off from the tide and a dog which fell over Orcombe Point and had to rescued from a narrow ledge.

A mattress was placed on the beach below as a safety precaution but the dog was safely rescued from above..

In another incident the inshore lifeboat went to the aid of a woman who'd been left alone on a yacht in the dark after her partner went to help two kayakers in difficulty in the river Exe.

All call-outs were successful and no-one has been hurt.

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