The Teddington Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) crew answered three call-outs on Monday evening (20 July) and were assisted by a Metropolitan Police helicopter.

The helicopter could be seen flying over Teddington Lock to help locate a missing person.

In a statement, Teddington RNLI said: "Three shouts on a Monday night…

"During a training session at the lifeboat station [on Monday] evening, volunteer crew were paged to help locate a person in the water by Teddington Lock.

"Once this was safely resolved alongside Metropolitan Police, the D class lifeboat named Peter Saw returned to the lifeboat station but was immediately re-tasked to assist with an incident near Molesley lock.

"On their passage home, the crew were once more asked by HM Coastguard to assist with an incident - this time at Kingston Bridge.

"The boat eventually returned to the Lifeboat station at approximately 10.30pm to be met by the shore crew with cold drinks and biscuits."

Earlier this month (July), Teddington RNLI received its most 'shouts' in one week for 2026.

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