RNLI lifeboats were called out twice after a family aboard a boat and a separate person ran into trouble at sea.

Both incidents took place off the Sheerness coastline over the last two days.

Yesterday at 3pm , the inshore lifeboat launched with a crew of three after being tasked by the UK Coastguard to reports of a person in the water and in difficulty at Minster.

The emergency call was sent by someone on shore and saw an ambulance and a coastguard helicopter attend.

Crews landed on the beach at 3.15pm where they administered oxygen to the person and monitored their condition.

Sheppey's coastguard rescue team were also on scene and assisted until the casualty was handed over into the care of ambulance crews.

The second incident took place on Saturday , where lifeboat crews were called at 1.23pm to respond to reports of a 30’ leisure craft with four people on board.

The boat was reported to be in difficulty in the tidal River Medway close to 18 buoy.

A crew of six located the family shortly after 2pm. A towline quickly attached them and it arrived at Queenborough shortly before 3.30pm.

This shout was a "family" moment with crew member and proud dad Damo turning out with son Sam for the first time.

This was Sam’s first callout since joining the crew at Sheerness.