At 3:31pm on Monday, 21 September, we received reports of an incident near High Street in Whitchurch on Thames.

Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service crews from Wokingham Road and Whitley Wood fire stations were sent to the scene alongside an Officer, the Water Rescue Unit from Caversham Road Fire Station and two crews from Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service.

On arrival, crews discovered a boat that had run aground on the side of a weir. Firefighters rescued one person and a dog from the boat before securing the vessel.

Firefighters were at the scene for approximately 50 minutes.