RNLI South east and london news

Poppy thanks RNLI Newhaven lifeboat crew

Pat Johns

Poppy the springer spaniel, who recently survived a fall from the cliffs east of Newhaven, returned to RNLI Newhaven with her owners and family to say thank you.

Kelly Ixer and Ben Markwick, with baby Henry, returned to the RNLI lifeboat station at Newhaven yesterday to say thank you to the lifeboat crew that responded to the emergency call made after their Springer spaniel “Poppy” chased a seagull over the cliffs recently...

Lymington RNLI lifeboat called to blaze in marina

Marion Nuding

Lymington RNLI’s volunteer lifeboat crew, as well as the fire service, were called out in the early hours of Tuesday morning to put out a spreading boat fire.

Solent Coastguard requested the launch at 5...

Poppy (cliff fall dog) is returning to Newhaven to meet lifeboat crew

Pat Johns

Poppy, the three-year-old Springer spaniel that recently survived a 300 feet fall from the cliffs near Newhaven, is returning to the lifeboat station to meet the crew.

Poppy and her owners Kelly Ixer and Ben Markwick are taking Poppy to the Newhaven lifeboat station on West Quay on Sunday 7 March to meet the lifeboat crew that rescued her from under the cliffs...

Person stuck in the mud at Rye Harbour Entrance

Steve Tollett

Rye Harbour RNLI Lifeboat, B727 Commander and Mrs Rodney Wells launched on service last night (Monday, 1 March) at 8pm to a person stuck in mud at Rye Harbour entrance. The alarm was raised by the person stuck in the mud, when they phoned Dover Coastguard on their mobile telephone...

Inner-city primary school children to receive vital beach safety advice from RNLI lifeguards

Laura Fennimore

Primary schools in London, Birmingham and Coventry are being visited by Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) lifeguards over the next two months as the charity’s expert lifesavers offer essential beach safety advice to the children, helping them stay free from danger when visiting the beach during the summer.

The RNLI’s Beach to City project aims to equip inner-city school children – who are often less familiar with the dangers of the coast – with the right knowledge and skills to spot beach hazards and know how to keep themselves safe...

RNLI Portsmouth Lifeboat Launched to Assist Dismasted Yacht

John Feltham

RNLI Portsmouth lifeboat was launched to assist a dismasted yacht after strong tidal currents carried the vessel out of Langstone Harbour on Saturday 27th February.

Eastney based Atlantic 75, CSMA-Frizzell, was launched at 2...

Her Majesty The Queen enjoys a visit to the RNLI's busiest lifeboat station on the Thames

Tim Ash

Her Majesty The Queen visited Tower RNLI lifeboat station in London today, to meet lifeboat crew members whose mission is to save lives on the tidal reaches of the River Thames.

The Queen visited the lifeboat station on Victoria Embankment as part of a visit to the City of London, where she met behind-the-scenes workers integral to keeping the City functioning...

RNLI Calshot Inshore Lifeboat launched to aid search after empty boat found drifting.

Tim Woodcock

RNLI Calshot’s inshore lifeboat was launched at 10:03am today (22 February) to the search for possible missing people after police found a small rowing boat near Northam Bridge.Hampshire Police, Solent Coastguard’s helicopter and shore staff were also involved...

RNLI Yarmouth lifeboat plucks family from yacht grounded on the Shingle Bank

Richard Heming

RNLI Yarmouth’s Severn class lifeboat, Eric and Susan Hiscock (Wanderer), was launched at 7.15am to go to the aid of a crew of two adults and two children on board a 26 foot yacht which was drifting dangerously close to the Shingles Bank in the Western Solent...

Beer provides a boost for new Shoreham RNLI lifeboat station

Tim Ash

Volunteer crew members at Shoreham RNLI lifeboat station have raised a glass in thanks to a West Country brewery that has raised more than £3,500 to help save lives at sea.
Dorset-based Palmer’s Brewery, which has been brewing ales since 1794, have raised the funds for the Royal National Lifeboat Institution by pledging five pence from the sale of every pint of its popular beer, Copper Ale, in Hampshire and Sussex...