<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1" ?><?xml-stylesheet title="XSL_formatting" type="text/xsl" href="/wcm/site/xsl/brand/rnlirebrand/dataviews/rssformatting.xsl"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>RNLI Scotland news digest</title><link>http:///rnli_near_you/scotland/news</link><description>Scotland news</description><copyright>this is the copyright message </copyright><docs>www.rnli.org.uk/rss/general/regional_news/scotland_news</docs><generator>Continuity CMS</generator><item><title>Update of Kayakers attemp first successful crossing to Faroes</title><link>http://www.rnli.org.uk/rnli_near_you/news/news_detail?articleid=460969</link><description>Patrick and Mick have successfully completed the first 2 legs of their expedition!</description><author>Caryn Whitelaw</author></item><item><title>RNLI Compass Summer 2009</title><link>http://www.rnli.org.uk/rnli_near_you/news/news_detail?articleid=456209</link><description>Read more stories from Scotland in Compass, available here.</description><author>RNLI Publications</author></item><item><title>Kayakers attemp first successful crossing to Faroes</title><link>http://www.rnli.org.uk/rnli_near_you/news/news_detail?articleid=453990</link><description>A former Olympian PATRICK WINTERTON and former British kayaking champion MICK BERWICK will attempt to make the first kayak crossing from Scotland to the Faroe Islands unsupported in June. Few have tried, no one, as yet, has succeeded.  </description><author>Caryn Whitelaw</author></item><item><title>Duke of Kent in Scotland</title><link>http://www.rnli.org.uk/rnli_near_you/news/news_detail?articleid=456778</link><description>HRH The Duke of Kent visited three Scottish RNLI lifeboats stations yesterday (17 June) and took a trip aboard his namesake lifeboat today.</description><author>Rachel Martin</author></item><item><title>Couple rescued in gale</title><link>http://www.rnli.org.uk/rnli_near_you/news/news_detail?articleid=446195</link><description>Dunbar lifeboat crew rescued a Swedish couple from their yacht on Friday night, in conditions described by the Dunbar Coxswain as the worst he'd ever experienced at sea. </description><author>Rory Stamp</author></item></channel></rss>