RNLI North news

Sunderland RNLI and BDMLR volunteers save young seal pup

Paul Nicholson

Three volunteers from Sunderland RNLI and one from British Divers Marine Life Rescue (BDMLR) joined forces to save the life of a young seal pup that had become trapped beneath large boulders that form part of the river’s defences close to Sunderland Yacht Club.

The rescue mission was launched shortly after 4...

Redcar RNLI search for favourite fishy food

Dave Cocks

The Redcar RNLI is searching for fishy recipes which will raise life-saving funds for their rescue missions. A local restaurateur came up with the idea for a book of recipes of favourite seafood dishes while trawling for ways to help his local lifeboat volunteers...

Man rescued from Queen Alexandra Bridge

Anthony Jobling

Volunteers based at Sunderland RNLI Station were amongst the emergency services that rushed into action to assist a distressed man on Sunderland’s Queen Alexandra Bridge.
Shortly after 11...

Sunderland RNLI Lifeboat Scrambled after Distress Flare sighted off Seaham

Anthony Jobling

RNLI volunteers from Sunderland were called into action after members of the public reported the sighting of a flare near Seaham Harbour.
Coastguards based at Humber Coastguard Marine Rescue Coordination Centre received several ‘999’ emergency telephone calls reporting sightings of marine flares shortly after 12pm Wednesday, 17 March...

Sunderland RNLI volunteers pass the test at the Lifeboat College

Paul Nicholson

Two of Sunderland’s newest RNLI lifeboat volunteers have successfully completed an inshore lifeboat crew training course at the RNLI’s own specialist lifeboat training centre.
Chris Lees, 39, and Ben Mitchell, 23, have both returned from the Lifeboat College in Poole, Dorset, with a week’s specialist inshore lifeboat training under their belts...

Sunderland RNLI Rescue Yachtsman

Paul Nicholson

Lifeboat volunteers from Sunderland RNLI Lifeboat Station rushed into action shortly after 12:45pm this afternoon [Monday, 15th March] to assist the crew of a 30ft yacht which had suffered engine failure.
The rescue mission was launched after officers based at Humber Coastguard Marine Rescue Coordination Centre, Bridlington, received an emergency VHF radio transmission from the yachtsman stating that he had lost all power and was drifting in a position one mile east of Seaburn beach...

RNLI Cullercoats lifeboat saves surfer

Brian Reeds

The RNLI Cullercoats Lifeboat Hylton Burdon rescued a young surfer today when he was caught in a rip current which was sweeping him towards the dangerous rocks at the south end of Tynemouth Long Sands.
The crew of the RNLI lifeboat (Scott Jones, Ben Bradshaw, Matt Taylor and Ross Dunn) launched very quickly after the alert from the Coastguard at 13:55 and were back at station in five minutes, having picked up the surfer and his board...

Rugby legend Bill Beaumont scrums up for Lytham St Annes lifeboat

Helen Stuart

On Wednesday 10 March, the former England Rugby Captain turned out to show his support for the local RNLI charity as he spoke about his life and how he came to live on the Fylde Coast.
Bill Beaumont told of how he joined Fylde Rugby Club in 1969 when he was 17 years old and loved nothing more than to be out on the field playing for his team and country in the game of rugby...

A "Grand Day" as Cullercoats Crescent Club helps Cullercoats Lifeboat

Brian Reeds

Cullercoats Crescent Club has a “Grand Hand” for the crew of the Cullercoats Lifeboat. At a presentation, the Club’s Chairman, Frank Featherstone, handed a cheque for £1000 to the lifeboat station’s Operations Manager, Frank Taylor...

Sunderland RNLI investigates sunken speedboat

Paul Nicholson

Volunteers from Sunderland RNLI lifeboat station were scrambled into action shortly before 5.45 on Saturday evening (13 March) after Coastguards received reports of a sunken speedboat on the River Wear, close to entrance of Sunderland’s South Dock...