RNLI North news

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...

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...

Fleetwood RNLI Crew Members Plan To Run 'The Great North Run'

David Butler

Crew members Gavin Burke and David Jordan are training to compete in The Great North run for the second year running.

Both volunteer crew members who work for Fleetwood Nautical College are feeling the pinch of the build up to the run...

40 years of fundraising marked with top award

Adrian Don

Edna Shawcross, former chair of Tynemouth Ladies Lifeboat Guild, has been awarded the RNLI’s Gold Badge in honour of her forty years of dedication to raising money to save lives at sea.

Edna Shawcross, 88, from North Shields, has been fundraising for the RNLI since joining Tynemouth Ladies Lifeboat Guild in 1966...

RNLI Blyth Lifeboat called out to save two persons from a car that had gone into the River Blyth

R G Elwen

On Tuesday the 30th June 2009 when the RNLI Blyth lifeboat ‘Jennie B’ was out on exercise several members of the public dashed along the Commissioners Quay to the RNLI Lifeboat Station.

At 20...

Sunderland residents urged to swim a mile for RNLI

Deborah Heaton-Caffin

Community groups and individuals are being encouraged to take on a personal challenge and swim a mile during the RNLI’s national Lifeguard Week.

The swim a mile sponsored challenge can be undertaken wherever and whenever you choose, in one go, over several sessions or even as a relay...

Man rescued from River Wear

Paul Nicholson

Sunderland’s RNLI lifeboat was amongst a host of emergency services that were called in to action after a man fell 85ft from Wearmouth Bridge into the River Wear.

Shortly after quarter past twelve (am) this morning [Tuesday, 30th June] Humber Coastguard requested the immediate launch of Sunderland RNLI’s Atlantic 85 Lifeboat “Wolseley”...

RNLI Lifeguard summer patrols begin on East Yorkshire beaches

Deborah Heaton-Caffin

Event: Launch of the new RNLI lifeguard service on Bridlington beach

When: Tuesday, June 30th, 11.15am for 11...

Sunderland RNLI rescue two drunken youths from River Wear in thick fog

Paul Nicholson

Lifeboat volunteers based at Sunderland RNLI rushed into action shortly after quarter past ten this evening [Sunday 28th June 2009] after two youths got into difficulty in the River Wear opposite Sunderland Marina entrance.

Coastguard Officers based at Humber Marine Rescue Coordination Centre paged the volunteer crew to request the launch of their D-Class inshore lifeboat ‘Helen and Ian Tytler’ after they had received an emergency ‘999’ telephone call from a member of the public...

Boat's first outing ends in rescue by Redcar RNLI

Dave Cocks

A boat's maiden voyage was cut short when it's engine failed close to rocks at Redcar today (Saturday 27 June 2009), sparking the launch of the town's two lifeboats.

The alarm was raised just before 2pm when Coastwatch Redcar spotted the craft drifting towards rocks in poor visibility...