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Kayakers complete first successful crossing to Faroes in aid of RNLI

Elizabeth Flatman

A former Olympian Patrick Winterton and former British kayaking champion Mick Berwick have succeeded in making the first kayak crossing from Scotland to the Faroe Islands unsupported in aid of the lifesaving charity, the RNLI.

In two single production sea kayaks, Patrick and Mick attempted and succeeded to cross 280 kilometres of a notoriously rough section of the Atlantic unsupported to the imposing cliffs and roaring tide-races around the Faroes...

Conwy RNLI rescues woman and dog from stranded yacht

Peter Carradus

Conwy RNLI inshore lifeboat was launched today (3 July) at 11.38am to a stranded yacht on Conwy Bar...

Newquay RNLI crew flex their muscles for lifeboat day

Tracy Cayton-Smith

Newquay RNLI crew will be flexing their muscles and showing off their lifesaving skills at the station’s annual lifeboat day on Sunday 30thAugust 2009.
The annual fun filled family day is packed to the gills with displays and entertainment from 10:00 to 18:00 hrs...

Newquay RNLI help cliff fall casualty

Tracy Cayton-Smith

Newquay’s RNLI lifeboats launched at 11:55 hrs on Tuesday 30th June 2009 to assist with the rescue of a casualty who had fallen over a cliff.
Falmouth coastguards received a 999 call from a member of the public who had spotted someone on rocks at he bottom of a cliff in the Gazzle...

RNLI lifeguards and lifeboat volunteers launched to kayakers in difficulty off Godrevy

Derek Hall

RNLI lifeguards and the St Ives RNLI inshore lifeboat Colin Bramley Parker were scrambled today (Friday 3rd July 2009) following reports that four people had got into difficulties while kayaking in the sound off Godrevy Lighthouse. Working as a team, the RNLI lifesavers were able to bring the party safely ashore...

Extra tickets available to see explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes in Liverpool

Alison Levett

The world’s greatest living explorer, Sir Ranulph Fiennes, will share tales of his amazing adventures at a Liverpool fundraising evening for the RNLI Hoylake Lifeboat Appeal.
The event at Liverpool Anglican Cathedral on 16 July has proved so popular that 100 extra tickets have been released and are now on sale...

HM The Queen visits Eyemouth

Rachel Martin

HM The Queen was introduced to volunteer members of Eyemouth RNLI lifeboat crew yesterday (Thursday 2 July) during a Royal visit to the Scottish Borders town.
Members of the local lifeboat crew were lined along the quay with the Trent Class RNLI lifeboat ‘Barclaycard Crusader’ moored behind...

Riverdance teams up with the RNLI in Ireland

Niamh Stephenson

The RNLI and Riverdance have teamed up for the return of the world famous dance show to Dublin for the summer. Dancers and lifeboat crews will be working together to raise funds for the RNLI lifeboats in Ireland and to raise awareness of the work carried out by the life saving charity...

West Midlands baby storms into RNLI record books

Danielle Rush

The Clifford family from Erdington have made history for a second time by signing up the RNLI charity’s second youngest ever member. At just four hours old, baby Charlie Clifford, became an RNLI supporter after being signed up to Storm Force – the charity’s membership club for children...

Sunderland RNLI assist with coastal search for missing man

Paul Nicholson

Lifeboat volunteers based at Sunderland Royal National Lifeboat Institution [RNLI] Lifeboat Station were called into this afternoon [2nd July] to assist with a large scale coastal search operation for a missing man.
A major shore based search operation was started just before three o’clock this afternoon by Police and Coastguard Rescue Teams after a member of the public contacted Northumbria Police concerned about the welfare of a man who appeared distressed on the cliff tops near Souter Lighthouse...