17 Nov

Five Boaters Rescued On Trip To Virgin Islands

The Coast Guard has rescued a 4-year-old girl and four other boaters who were sailing from Annapolis to the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Guard spokesman Lt. j.g. Jason Gale said a helicopter was used Sunday to rescue the family after their 47-foot sailboat lost steering and propulsion near Bermuda.
The family used a satellite phone to call for [...]

11 Jun

Nightmare trip for Tampa grads

The trip of a lifetime turned into a nightmare for more than a dozen Tampa students. The Wharton High graduates were forced to fend for their lives in Cancun.
“The boat started to rock back and forth and the front of the boat started to lift out of the water.” says Wharton High graduate Matt Koehler.
He [...]

23 Feb

Schoolgirl missing after swimming trip

More than 200 police have joined the search for a nine-year-old girl missing after a swimming trip in West Yorkshire, northern England.
Shannon Matthews was last seen at the gates of West Moor Junior School in Dewsbury on Tuesday afternoon after returning from the trip.
Police, neighbours and relatives searched for her through the night as temperatures [...]

22 Feb

Schoolgirl missing after swimming trip

More than 200 police have joined the search for a nine-year-old girl missing after a swimming trip in West Yorkshire, northern England.
Shannon Matthews was last seen at the gates of West Moor Junior School in Dewsbury on Tuesday afternoon after returning from the trip.
Police, neighbours and relatives searched for her through the night as temperatures [...]

31 Jan

Worker accused of sex with teen

He was remanded to a pre-trial conference in the High Court at Christchurch on March 14 with a bail condition that he is not allowed to have unsupervised contact with girls aged under 16, the Christchurch Court News website reported.
He has now changed his job, but neither his name, nor his previous occupation, nor the [...]