A NEW Eyemouth lifeboat has been used within days of its arrival to help locate an injured man.

The inshore boat, named Sheila, made it to the station last week and was called into action for the first time on Sunday afternoon (May 7).

Coastguard teams were called to find the walker who had fallen on the rocks in the Killiedraught area.

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The man was taken to Eyemouth harbour where he was picked up by an ambulance.

An Eyemouth Coastguard spokesperson said: “The casualty’s family did exactly the right thing by remembering in an emergency at the coast dial 999 and ask for the coastguard.

“We wish the casualty a speedy recovery.”