A narrow sand tidal island called Spurn in Yorkshire was featured in BBC’s Seven Natural Wonders in 2005 - here is some background on how it was formed.

The crew responded after off-duty RNLI lifeguards alerted HM Coastguard to people cut off by the tide. Yesterday (Thursday 3 ...

The lifeboat station at Spurn Head was built in 1810 and Spurn has now become a tidal island, as the narrowest part of the sandbank connection to the mainland is flooded with every high tide.