UK coastguard urges people to stay home after increase in calls
Meanwhile police in London say they’re ‘losing the battle’ as people gather in parks despite coronavirus lockdown
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The coastguard has urged the public not to ignore the government’s stay-at-home message after recording its highest number of distress calls in a single day since the lockdown began.
The rescue service said it dealt with 97 incidents on Friday, more than one and a half times the daily average over the previous month.
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