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RNLI lifeguards and volunteers team up to help stranded fishing boat in North TynesideLifeguards and volunteer lifeboat crew from the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) joined forces this morning to help a fishing boat stranded on rocks at Whitley Bay in North Tyneside. The incident unfolded as the charity’s lifeguards were arriving to start their daily patrols just before 10am... RNLI lifeguard from Woolacombe responds to incident on neighbouring Puttsborough beachRNLI lifeguards on Woolacombe beach in north Devon were tasked to provide first aid treatment to a 24 year old female casualty with a suspected broken ankle on neighbouring Puttsborough beach on Saturday (21 August) At round 11:15am, the Woolacombe RNLI lifeguards were asked to attend to an incident at Puttsborough beach by ambulance control after a 999 call was made regarding a 24 year old injured female. Due to the poor weather, the lifeguards on Woolacombe were relatively quiet so they were able to relieve a team member and vehicle to go and aid the casualty... RNLI Clacton lifeboats on view for Air Show DaysBoth Clacton RNLI lifeboats will be on display to the public on both days of the Clacton on Sea Air Show on Thursday 26 and Friday 27 August. The Martello Bay Lifeboat station will be manned from 11... RNLI Poole lifeboats exercise turns into real life evacuation of passengers from various vesselsPoole RNLI lifeboats put to sea today to conduct a training exercise with the steam ship Sheildhall. The brief of the exercise was to carry out a major medical evacuation, but soon the volunteer crew had to do it for real when 17 people from various vessels in and around the piers had to be brought ashore all suffering from sea sickness... South Pembrokeshire RNLI lifeguards' busy dayRoyal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) lifeguards in Pembrokeshire had a busy day on Tuesday 17 August. At Saundersfoot, lifeguards attended to a five-year-old girl at the car park near the beach when the young girl lost consciousness... Three rescues in two days for Hunstanton volunteer crewThe volunteer crew at Hunstanton lifeboat station were kept busy rescuing an injured fisherman, some people cut off by the tide and a man in the mud in three separate incidents. Police requested Yarmouth Coastgaurd to launch Hunstanton lifeboat DJS Haverhill to a man walking around in the mud at North Alexander Dock, King's Lynn... Moelfre RNLI inshore lifeboat crew carry out second rescue in two daysThe Moelfre RNLI inshore lifeboat was launched Friday to assist a broken down 15 foot speed boat half a mile off the Moelfre lifeboat station. The two male adults, both in their twenties from Ormskirk, had just started fishing when their engine failed causing them to drift quickly out to sea in the strong, 25 knot wind and choppy sea... Sunderland RNLI 2010 Lifeboat Day a great successSunderland RNLI Station has hailed their annual "Lifeboat Day” as a huge success, raising just over £1,600 to go towards the station's running costs for the coming year. The event was opened at 11am by BBC Radio Newcastle presenter Martin Emmerson... Penlee RNLI rescue dog after cliff fall in west CornwallAt 2.30pm on Saturday (21 August) Penlee's inshore lifeboat Paul Alexander was tasked to the west side of Cudden Point to look for a dog which had fallen around 70 foot off cliffs into the sea... Night time call out to a yacht for Dover LifeboatThe volunteers of the Dover Lifeboat crew were at sea for four hours from Friday night (20th) into Saturday morning assisting a yacht that had run into difficulties near the East Goodwin Buoy. The Dutch 41’ yacht with six people aboard was sailing from Harwich to Dover when it called for assistance due to slight winds and engine failure... Burry Port Rescues Six Persons Cut off by TideThe volunteers at the RNLI’s station at Burry Port launched on Sunday 22 August 2010 at 4:50 pm to assist two adults and four children cut off on the sandbank behind the Shoreline Caravan Park Burry Port. They had been caught out by the speed at which the tide came in... Cowes Lifeboat Dashes Through Rough Seas to Dismasted YachtCowes lifeboat raced to the aid of a large gaff-rigged yacht this morning, after reports that it had suffered a dismasting in strong winds in the Solent. The 30 foot Pegasus, crewed by a couple and their teenage son, lost its wooden mast in challenging wind-against-tide conditions off Thorness Bay... Safety Fears Leads to Cowes Lifeboat RescueConcern about the safety of a 44 year old woman led to Cowes RNLI lifeboat being alerted by Lee on Solent coastguards late this afternoon. The woman was seen in an agitated state at Castle Point, East Cowes, and appeared to be trying to make for neighbouring Osborne Bay... Whitby RNLI rescue three teenagersAt 11am a phonecall from Humber Coastguards alerted the RNLI Whitby lifeboat crew that a small dinghy had overturned near Upgang Ravine and there were children in the water. The inshore lifeboat, OEM Stone III, was launched at 11... St Davids all-weather lifeboat assist broken down vesselSt Davids RNLI all-weather lifeboat (ALB), under the command of deputy second Coxswain Robin Copley, launched yesterday at 2:55pm to the aid of a 33ft yacht Wing To Wing. The casualty vessel with four persons onboard had suffered damage to their Jib Halyard, which is situated on the mast... A busy day for Fishguard RNLIFishguard RNLI all-weather lifeboat (ALB) was launched late yesterday afternoon, 19th August, after reports of a capsized Osprey sailing dinghy. The dinghy was located near Needle Rock on the North East side of Dinas Head... Peel RNLI lifeboat launches for local yachtOn Thursday19th August Peel RNLI lifeboat was launched to assist a local yacht in difficulty 2 miles East of Peel. The Ruby Clery all-weather lifeboat, under the command of Coxswain John Hunter, was launched at 2 -35pm to answer a call from the Peel registered yacht Fastitaint with two persons on board which was experiencing problems with its outboard engine bracket... Night call out for RNLI New QuayThe all weather lifeboat at New Quay was called at 9.50pm on Thursday night, August 18th, to rescue a fishing boat stranded two miles off New Quay head... Little and Broad Haven lifeboat assist a group of young kayakersLittle and Broad Haven inshore lifeboat was launched yesterday at 1:42pm when RNLI Lifeguards on Broad Haven beach raised the alarm after spotting a group of kayaks struggling in a strong off shore wind. The volunteer lifeboat crew found the six young adults in five kayaks to be in some difficulty after the wind had increased quickly to a force 5/6 and moved direction off shore... Moelfre RNLI inshore lifeboat crew rescue three people from broken down Jet SkiThe Moelfre RNLI inshore lifeboat was launched yesterday (Thursday) to assist a broken down Jet Ski half a mile off Benllech beach on Anglesey. The two adults and a six-year-old boy, all from Manchester, had been towing an inflatable ring when a rope fowled the crafts impeller leaving them stranded out at sea... |
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