Cheque helps rescue boat charity

A flood appeal has given £17,000 to a rescue service for a new Land Rover after its old one was flood-damaged.

A cheque from the Rotary Flood Appeal Fund will be presented to the Severn Area Rescue Association (Sara) at a ceremony at Sharpness rescue station.

Sara provides inshore rescue boat and land search for the Severn Estuary and upper reaches of the River Severn.

The service helped rescue more than 200 people and 50 animals during the summer floods in Gloucestershire.

Sara assisted the county fire and rescue service in its operations.

Sara operates from three stations located at Beachley, near Chepstow, Monmouthshire, Sharpness in Gloucestershire and Wyre Forest.

It is a designated rescue service for the Severn area and is usually called out via HM Coastguard, police or the fire service