Woman saved from River Avon in Bath midnight rescue

Avon Fire and Rescue were called to the River Avon in Bath near the Sainsbury Supermarket on the Lower Bristol Road shortly after midnight this morning after a woman in her 20s fell into the water and was swept downstream by the current.

A water rescue team found the woman and pulled her to safety and she was treated at the scene by paramedics before being taken to the Royal United Hospital.

Policeman saves man from dock on Bristol's Black Friday

A dramatic night-time rescue in Bristol Harbour was one of the hundreds of incidents recorded on 'Twitter' on Friday night on what Police call Bristol's Black Friday.  

St Augustine's Reach in Bristol Harbour: Picture by Bob Naylor

Police were called to St Augustine's Reach in Bristol City Centre where a man was threatening to jump into the dock. When the emergency services arrived the man was already in the water and a policeman, who has not been named, jumped into the water to rescue him. 

They were both taken to hospital and the policeman later went back on duty.

Avon and Somerset Police describe it as their busiest evening of the year because of the large number of pre-Christmas parties. This year they decided to use 'Twitter' to keep the public informed of the evening's events.


Below is how this event unfolded live on Friday night.

ASPolice 
#xmasudeserve Live tweets from the control room about to start
7:59 PM Dec 17th via web

ASPolice  

#xmasudeserve Reports of male threatening to jump into the river in Bristol. Ambulance and fire called. Man in water swimming.

8:23 PM Dec 17th via web

ASPolice  

#xmasudeserve re: Man in river in Bristol incident: Officer being taken to hospital due to effects of jumping into cold river.

8:42 PM Dec 17th via web

ASPolice  

#xmasudeserve Update on officer from river rescue: body temp dropped to 29 / put in heated tent / now ok - been discharged - on duty later

about 22 hours ago via web

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Cow rescued from the Kennet & Avon Canal

Firefighters were called out to rescue a cow from the Kennet & Avon Canal near the Cunning Man pub at Burghfield near Reading yesterday (Sunday Sept 5th, 2010). 


The Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue specialist large animal rescue unit based at Caversham Road, Reading was called out shortly after 5pm and they arrived to find the animal firmly stuck in the canal.

In less than an hour they had the animal hauled out and released to rejoin the herd — none-the-worse for the adventure.