RNLI people news

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...

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...

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...

Ballycotton RNLI lifeboat station launches new book on its 150 years of gallantry

Bláthnaid Lane Walsh

Derek Davis, journalist and broadcaster, was guest of honour last night (Wednesday, 1 July 2009) at the launch of a book on the gallantry of lifeboat crewmembers over 150 years at Ballycotton RNLI lifeboat station.
First established in 1858, the station has a long and proud history of rescuing those in peril off the coast of County Cork...

Round the clock rescues for Mumbles RNLI volunteers

Danielle Rush

The inshore RNLI lifeboat at the Mumbles has been called out six times in the last 24 hours. The first call out came in the early hours of yesterday morning (1 July) and the volunteer crew were still in action at 1...

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...

Porthcawl RNLI lifeboat rescues swimmers

Danielle Rush

Porthcawl’s Atlantic class RNLI lifeboat was called into action on Saturday afternoon (27 June) after two young men attempting to swim out to Tusker Rock got into trouble. The alarm was raised by an off duty policeman who was fishing and noticed the pair running into the water and disappearing out of sight...