Driver becomes causeway's first rescue of the year
Seahouses RNLIA driver has become the first person this year to be rescued from a tidal causeway after they were stranded.
Seahouses RNLI was called on Wednesday at 13:00 GMT to reports of a car in the sea between Holy Island off the Northumberland coast and the mainland.
The person was rescued after having to climb on to the vehicle's roof during rising sea levels. It had been safe to cross the causeway up until 12:15 during the earlier part of the day.
Seahouses RNLI said: "This is our first shout to the causeway this year and we are incredibly pleased for a positive outcome. We remind anyone visiting to please check the tide times."
Three crew in the station's inshore lifeboat took the person to shore, helped by the Holy Island and Berwick coastguards team.
They were checked over by the North East Ambulance Service with "no reported issues".
Northumbria Police's helicopter was also called "due to the nature of the emergency," the RNLI said, but was later stood down.
Last year, rescue teams attended multiple call-outs including a family stranded when their car became submerged.
During a campaign in August, Northumberland County Council's Gordon Stewart, cabinet member for public safety, said: "Around 10 to 20 vehicles are stranded on the causeway each year, often with holidaymakers watching their cars - and their carefully planned breaks disappear under the water."
Separately, the RNLI was later called to assist in a "medical emergency" on Holy Island in the early hours of Thursday.
A casualty was taken by the coastguard's helicopter to receive care on the mainland.