Archive
For April, 2012
RNLI lifeguards return to busy Swansea beaches
Apr 30
Burnham RNLI says ‘au revoir’ Staines Whitfield and welcomes Jack and Joyce Burcombe
By Mike LangComments Off
Eagle-eyed observers may notice a change of name on the Burnham-on-sea RNLI Atlantic 75 lifeboat.
Littlehampton RNLI lifeboats launched on Saturday after an empty boat was washed up on the shore
Peel RNLI volunteers welcomed Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, to the lifeboat station on Thursday 26 April.
Apr 27
Tobermory RNLI in marathon rescue of youth training sail vessel off Iona
By Dr Sam JonesComments Off
Tobermory lifeboat rushed to the aid of a 21m sail training vessel with eleven youngsters and five crew onboard in rough seas off the Isle of Iona on 26 April 2012.
Tangled kitesurfer is dragged toward rocks
Jimmy Lapsley, a labourer for Colin McNeil of Morrison Construction who is working on the Total Gas Plant in Sullom Voe, volunteered to have his first haircut in 15 years
Experienced local caught in 50-knot winds
On 10 April Folkestone's Quarterhouse was packed for the premiere screening of the film and raised £1,250 for Dover lifeboat. It was filmed, directed and produced by a father and son team
Volunteers from the all-weather and inshore lifeboats were requested to launch yesterday (Tuesday 24 April 2012) to assist a person in the water