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Updated: 1 hour 42 sec ago Salcombe RNLI responds to dogs at sea and saves surfer's lifeAt 11.48am on Sunday March 7, Salcombe lifeboat had just been refuelled after exercise and was ready for service... RNLI launch charity appeal for new Looe inshore lifeboatThe RNLI is today (Monday 8 March 2010) launching a £31,000 appeal to pay for a new D class inshore lifeboat for Looe. The new lifeboat, which is due to arrive at the station in the Autumn, will be named in memory of 19 year old local man Ollie Naismith who died in a tragic car accident last December... Big Sick, Little Sick - RNLI Bude crew members take part in new first aid training courseFourteen crew members of RNLI Bude lifeboat station have recently undertaken the RNLI’s new First Aid course. The course was developed by one of the charity's Sea Survival and First Aid Trainers at RNLI Headquarters, Poole... Generous donations help Lizard's appeal for a new lifeboatThe appeal for the new Lizard lifeboat received another generous donation on Thursday 4 March when Coxswain Phil Burgess accepted a cheque for £750 from the Cornwall Masonic Benevolent Fund. The cheque was presented by the Provincial Grand Master of Cornwall, Peter George... Appledore RNLI in mourningIt is with great sadness that Appledore RNLI reports the death of Evelyn Paley and lowers its flag to half mast in respect. Mrs Evelyn Paley was the benefactor of the Douglas Paley, Appledore’s B class Atlantic 75 inshore lifeboat, donated to the RNLI in memory of her husband Air Commodore Douglas Charles Paley... Appledore's new lifeboat can't wait to helpAlthough Appledore’s new lifeboat is not yet fully commissioned and is still undergoing sea trials and crew training on the south coast, she cannot wait to do the job she was designed and built for. She has already carried out her first sea rescue... Riverdance captain and merchant navy cadets to run Bath Half Marathon for the RNLIThe captain of the Riverdance ferry, which ran aground off the Lancashire coast two years ago, is part of a seven-strong team running Sunday’s Bath Half Marathon to raise funds for the RNLI, whose volunteer crews were on hand to assist in the rescue operation. Captain Jim Smith was Master onboard Riverdance at the time and remembers all too well the treacherous conditions the volunteer RNLI crews endured for hours to help him and his crew... RNLI lifeguard returns from charity experience in Sierra LeoneRobin Howell, an RNLI lifeguard from Perranporth in Cornwall, spent a week in February teaching pupils at a school in Sierra Leone as part of a voluntary charity scheme. Alongside the rewarding teaching experience, during the first two days he also found himself using his lifeguard knowledge to ensure bathers were safe at the local beach... Early morning search by Fowey lifeboatsAt 07.18 this morning, the volunteer crew at Fowey RNLI lifeboat station were called out to search for two missing people... Busy Weekend for Plymouth RNLIRNLI Plymouth and its volunteer crews have been busy with two separate rescues this weekend. The first involved the rescue of a broken down jet ski on Plymouth Sound on Saturday and this was followed by a serious incident involving a French fishing boat on Sunday afternoon... Burnham-on-Sea RNLI thanks Burnham and Berrow Golf ClubEach year, the captain of Burnham and Berrow Golf Club nominates his preferred charity of the year. Last year’s captain, Stuart Cooke, nominated two charities – the RNLI and Multiple Sclerosis... RNLI mascot Stormy Stan has a rally rendezvous at PooleJohn Flippance is competing in the 2010 Sunseeker Rally and fundraising for the RNLI. His six-year-old daughter Emily is an RNLI stormforce member and invited the charity’s mascot, Stormy Stan, to come to Poole Quay for the start of the 2010 Sunseeker Rally... "One hundred and sixty!" pounds raised for Poole RNLI by local darts teamMoordown Conservative darts team presented a cheque to Poole lifeboat station yesterday (Thursday 25 February), after they held an annual charity darts match on Boxing Day to raise funds for the RNLI. Thirty six players took up the challenge and threw their arrows to win the ‘Peter Barton Shield’... Newquay RNLI lifeboat captured on historic filmNewquay’s RNLI lifeboat Admiral Sir George Back was captured on one of the first home movie cameras in the mid 1920’s. Through modern technology and the advent of video sharing and social networking this fantastic footage has now come to light and is in the public domain... First call-out of 2010 for Swanage's volunteer lifeboat crewThe very first shout of 2010 came for the Swanage RNLI lifeboat crew last night when Portland Coastguard asked for lifeboat assistance in searching for an overdue yacht they were concerned for. The single-handed skipper had left Studland at 6... Penlee RNLI launch four times in eight daysThe volunteer RNLI lifeboat crew at Penlee in Newlyn have launched a total of four times in the last eight days to various people in trouble at sea off the south Cornish coast. Patrick (Patch) Harvey, Coxswain at Penlee says: ‘It’s been a busy few days for the volunteers, with two shouts each for the all weather and inshore lifeboat crews... School boy cycles for Torbay's RNLI lifeboatEight year old Jack Pountney, from Taunton in Somerset visited Torbay’s RNLI lifeboat station in Devon yesterday (Monday 22 February) to present the crew with a cheque for £250, which he raised through a sponsored cycle ride for SOS Day, the RNLI’s biggest fundraising event. Jack who is a member of Storm Force, the RNLI’s Lifeboat Club for children, was inspired after reading about SOS Day in Storm Force News, and decided he’d like to help... St Ives RNLI lifeboat inspects unidentified hull-shaped objectThe St Ives RNLI Mersey class all-weather lifeboat was called out on Friday 19 February to inspect an unidentified object off Zennor, which, from a distance, had the profile of an upturned boat hull. The object was spotted in the sea approximately 1-2 miles off Zennor and had the profile of an upturned 15ft boat hull surrounded by a small oil spillage... Bristol Surf Club complete sponsored swim for RNLI lifeguardsA team of swimmers from Bristol Surf Club successfully swam 42 miles (68km) in one hour to raise money for the RNLI South West Lifeguard Appeal on Friday 19 February. The team of 28 swimmers had been training since Christmas for the one-hour event at Bristol South pool in Bedminster... Building work well underway at the new RNLI lifeguard unit on Fistral beachBuilding work has begun on the new RNLI lifeguard facility on Fistral beach in Newquay, Cornwall. The two-storey building located on the southern end of the beach car park will replace the temporary portacabins the lifeguards have been working from since the charity took over the service in 2001... |
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