Man of Grace dies Derek Calderwood, former honorary curator of the Grace Darling museum in Bamburgh and tireless fundraiser for the RNLI has died.

Derek, curator of the museum from 1984 until 1995, was responsible for the day to day management of the museum during the tourist season as well as dealing with bookings during the winter. Even afterhe retired as curator, he still worked regularly at the museum as custodian and visited local clubs and schools to give talks on Grace Darling and the heroic rescue of the Forfarshire in 1838.

Derek's was honoured by the RNLI for organising a £300,000 appeal to buy a new lifeboat for Northumberland.

Derek's sister asked for donations to the museum and RNLI in lieu of flowers from which £15,000 has been raised..