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Newhaven lifeboat called out twice in three daysVolunteers from Newhaven’s RNLI lifeboat station were called out to two vessels, which both suffered engine problems on two different days. The first incident was on Sunday 29 January when the volunteer lifeboat crew were tasked at 12... Kite-surfer rescued thanks to quick-thinking Hunstanton RNLI volunteerHunstanton RNLI lifeboat crew rescued a kite-surfer after the station’s volunteer lifeboat press officer spotted a kite drifting out to sea off Hunstanton at 3.22pm on Wednesday 1 February... Awards for RNLI Shoreham lifeboat crew for mid-Channel collision rescueTwo Shoreham lifeboat crewmen have received awards from the RNLI for their actions during a mid-Channel collision between a yacht and a beam trawler. Steve Smith, who is the new Shoreham lifeboat coxswain, and second mechanic Simon Tugwell have each been presented with framed letters of thanks signed by RNLI Chairman Admiral the Lord Boyce for the rescue last August... New Quay RNLI lifeboat in serach for missing personThe New Quay inshore RNLI lifeboat was called out at 9am on Tuesday (31 January) to assist the Police and Coastguard during a search for a missing person in the Aberaeron area. Conditions were extremely cold as the RNLI lifeboat crew, Ben Billingham, Ceri Knapgate and Tim Harrison, searched the coastline north and south of Aberaeron for over two hours... Three shouts in three days for Fishguard lifeboat crewsBoth of Fishguard RNLI lifeboats were kept busy with three shouts over a three day period between Saturday 28 and Monday 30 January. The first shout resulted in the inshore lifeboat turning out during Saturday afternoon to assist a local fisherman... Swan too many anglers leave distressed duck in need of RNLI rescue in LittlehamptonLittlehampton’s volunteer lifeboat crew responded to a somewhat unusual incident at the weekend when they assisted a swan in distress after fishing equipment became lodged in its throat. The crew of the lifeboat station were out on their usual Sunday morning exercise when they came across the large white swan in distress on the River Arun... Teignmouth RNLI lifeboat crew save 5 when trawler capsizesUpdate Tuesday 31 January, 12pm At about 1.40pm on Monday 30 January many 999 calls were received by HM Coastguard about a local trawler that had capsized on approaching the River Teign estuary mouth, close to the bar... Late night shout for Whitby's inshore lifeboatOn Monday 30 January at 1.55am Humber Coastguard were contacted by North Yorkshire Police to request the immediate launch of RNLI Whitby’s inshore lifeboat OEM Stone III... RNLI Queensferry lifeboat rescues three peopleAt 2.35pm on Saturday 28 January the RNLI Queensferry lifeboat was called out to help three people were trapped on Cramond Island by the fast incoming tide... Walkers saved from incoming tide by Eastbourne RNLIEastbourne RNLI’s inshore lifeboat went to the assistance of two visitors yesterday afternoon (Sun 29 Jan) when they became cut off by the incoming tide whilst walking along the shore beneath the cliffs at Beachy Head The couple had set out earlier from Birling Gap for a bracing work along the shoreline to celebrate a birthday but the afternoon ended in a tense scramble across jagged rocks, waist deep in freezing water for the couple from Richmond. Luckily several other walkers at the top of the cliffs saw the couple’s predicament as they realized their escape from the beach had been cut off by the flooding tide and they alerted the emergency services by dialling 999 on their mobile telephones... Mary Rickard memorial donation helps provide lifejackets for Padstow RNLI volunteersA son’s generous donation to the RNLI in memory of his Mum will pay for the purchase and care of three new lifejackets for volunteer crew members at Padstow lifeboat station. David Rickard from Honiton makes a donation to charity each year in memory of Mary Rickard who died one day before her 95th birthday six years ago... Donkeys, Caravans and the RNLIA full-size statue of a donkey, painted by a local artist, was presented to a local caravan business who in return donated £300 to Weston-super-Mare RNLI Ann Baber was one of the artists who in 2010 painted a donkey as part of the scheme to promote the Weston-super-Mare Grand Pier and raise money for charity. She chose the theme of carrots which seemed appropriate as they are one of the favourite foods of the many real donkeys who take children for rides on Weston-super-Mare beach during the summer... Great news for Appledore RNLIAppledore RNLI is due to get a new inshore lifeboat during the summer. After around 25 years of unstinting service from the George Gibson, the Tyne Class all-weather lifeboat, in 2010 Appledore was very fortunate to receive its new state of the art Tamar class all-weather lifeboat, made possible from legacies left by many people, particularly that from Mollie Hunt... St Helier RNLI lifeboat crew touched by school's efforts to raise £1100Earlier this afternoon, Friday 27 January, teachers and students of Les Quennevais school held a heart-warming afternoon of fundraising to support the three St Helier lifeboat crew running the London marathon. Three St Helier lifeboat crew members who are running the London marathon for lifeboat in April, were at Les Quennevais school this afternoon attending the event that the school organised as part of their annual fundraising efforts for the Royal National Lifeboat Institution... Success for Burnham-on-Sea RNLI volunteers' SOS day fundraising car washBurnham-on-Sea RNLI lifeboat crew and shore crew members were kept busy washing cars to raise funds for the charity’s biggest day of fundraising, SOS Day. They raised £720... Young musicians raise money for The Lizard RNLI lifeboatMembers of The Lizard lifeboat welcomed a group of young musicians to the station on Saturday 14 January. They had come to present Coxswain Andrew Putt with the money they had raised from playing their brass instruments to the residents of Mullion on Christmas eve... Loch Fyne Restaurants sponsor new lifeboat for RNLI Lyme RegisThe RNLI's new lifeboat for Lyme Regis - due to arrive in the town in a month's time - will be named after the restaurant chain that raised funds to build the vessel. Loch Fyne Restaurants collected donations for the £180,000 boat with events involving staff and customers throughout the UK... Teignmouth RNLI lifeboat crew save 5 when trawler capsizesUpdate Tuesday 31 January, 12pm At about 1.40pm on Monday 30 January many 999 calls were received by HM Coastguard about a local trawler that had capsized on approaching the River Teign estuary mouth, close to the bar... Station Opened Successfully at Weymouth RNLIThe volunteer team at Weymouth RNLI lifeboat station held a station open day on Saturday 28 January as part of the charity’s national SOS fundraising day. Visitors were able to have a conducted tour of both the town’s lifeboats, Ernest and Mabel, the Severn class all-weather lifeboat and Phyl Clare III, the Atlantic 75 inshore lifeboat and meet the Coxswain and crew for a friendly chat... Landewednack school children visit The Lizard RNLI lifeboat station on SOS DayChildren and Staff from Landewednack School at The Lizard celebrated the RNLI's annual SOS fundraising day in style when they all visited the brand new Lizard lifeboat station at Kilcobben Cove. Having made their way down to the station via the many steps that lead to it, they were welcomed by Coxswain Andrew Putt and other members of the stations' volunteers...  |
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