Man rescued as narrow boat sinks
A man has been taken to hospital with hypothermia after his narrow boat sank.
The man was rescued from the River Severn by fire crews using a boat at the Kempsey Marina in Callow End, Worcestershire, during Monday evening.
A spokesman for Hereford and Worcester Fire and Rescue said the man had been bailing out his boat when they arrived.
"He was suffering from some form of hyperthermia so we took him upstream to the marina where he was treated," he said.
"We then went back to the boat and searched it to make sure no-one else was on board," he added.
"The boat was sinking and as our crews got off it sunk."
Marker buoys have been placed on the River Severn to mark where the boat is.
News suggests that BW is heading for more cuts
The Guardian has seen a document which reveals ministers are to be presented with a package for £130m of immediate cuts with radical options for another £140m of savings. This is in addition to a 5% year-on-year cuts on administrative costs.
Defra has not fully recovered from the £200m cuts imposed by the Treasury last year after the department mismanaged the biggest reform of agricultural subsidy in a generation. The new cuts are expected to affect all 50 of Defra's agencies,dealing with canals, animal health, waste groups, national parks, forestry, fisheries , sustainable development and environmental protection. New money will be available for flood protection following the floods in Yorkshire and Gloucestershire this year, but will not be paid for three years.
Meanwhile......
Robin Evans, the head of the government agency British Waterways, which recently announced plans to axe 180 jobs, earned £241,368. Last year..... it makes you think.....