All over the country, often far from the sea, members of a special RNLI team are saving young lives.
They are not launching lifeboats or plunging into rough water - but they need to be brave enough to stand up in front of a...
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Vancouver’s icy slopes are a long way from the Isle of Man but a world-class snowboarder won’t forget home when she competes at the Winter Olympics
Zoe Gillings is full of anticipation as she waits for the start gate to...
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DAILY EXPRESS N R N A I O N A Sttiw 23rd MARCH-lst APRIL J989 Following its highly successful debut in Plymouth, the Daily Express Test of England Boat Show be moved to the Bristol Exhibition Centre in order to expand the marker for...
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Around and about the RNLI Jam on the Bread! Two stars from the popular BBC TV series 'Bread' drew the winning tickets for the RNLI's 50th national lottery, which took place on 31 July 1990.
Nellie Boswell and...
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High and dry on the Solway Firth From the shifting sand and mud banks of the Solway Firth, the grounded yacht Susiila radioed for help. It took a joint service by Workington and Silloth Lifeboats to locate the yacht and find a way to reach...
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Two new motor life-boats on the coast of Northumberland have been named this year, at Cullercoats and Boulmer.
Cullercoats.
A new motor life-boat was stationed at Cullercoats this year, replacing a pulling...
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Stranded swimmer R LIFEBOAT CREW were paged at 1428 on Saturday, August 8. 1987, following a report of a man having been cut off by the tide below Hunt Cliff, Saltburn.
The station's Atlantic 21 rigid inflatable...
Part two of our definitive guide to all operational RNLI lifeboat classes. This issue we bring you the inshore fleet and the Institution's only intermediate class… Brede Introduced In 1982, the Brede, although an Intermediate class...
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