Hopeless hen party are rescued by RNLI after their boat gets stuck in the mud...
A HOPELESS hen party were forced to call the RNLI after their boat got stuck in the mud.The girls who arranged the day for bride-to-be Amy Sanderson thought an afternoon afloat on the beautiful River...
View ArticleTides turn on RNLI lifeguards as public come to their rescue after truck gets...
RNLI lifeguards have that sinking feeling as their vehicle gets stuck with the tide coming in.They had gone to warn beach-goers of a fierce swell when water engulfed their 4×4.Tables turned on the RNLI...
View ArticleWoman ripped from frantic pal’s arms by raging sea and dragged away in front...
A HEARTBROKEN mother has issued an emotional plea after her daughter was ripped from her desperate pal’s arms and swept away to her death by raging waves after the pair went in dangerous waters for a...
View ArticleLifeboat crew launched after ‘body’ is spotted floating off the coast of...
A LIFEBOAT crew were launched to recover what they thought was a human body yesterday – only for the ‘body’ to be a white protective suit.The RNLI Peterhead Tamar Lifeboat was called out on Friday...
View ArticleEmergency services rush to Broughty Ferry over fears woman has fallen into...
MERCY crews were searching for a woman feared to have tumbled from rocks into an icy river last night.The mystery female was spotted on the shore of the Tay estuary at Broughty Ferry, east of Dundee,...
View ArticleRNLI crews battle to save humpback whale caught in fishing nets off Devon...
INCREDIBLE footage shows the moment lifeboat crews rescued a humpback whale tangled in fishing nets off the Devon coast.The stricken sea mammal had to be cut free by the RNLI Salcombe and British...
View ArticleBrit lifeguard needed rescuing himself after his quad bike got stuck in mud...
A LIFEGUARD needed to be saved himself after his quad bike got stuck in thick mud as he patrolled a beach.The RNLI and Coastguard were alerted after the four-wheeler got bogged down and started to...
View ArticleDrunken Angus RNLI volunteers sacked after pinning crew member down and...
TWO RNLI volunteers have been sacked after a drunken prank saw them pin a crew member down whilst one sat on his face with bare bum.The stunt, in Arbroath, Angus, has now led to two dismissals, one...
View ArticleUK weather worsens as man dies in Ramsgate after getting swept into the sea...
A MAN has died after being swept to sea, beach huts were smashed to pieces and the Thames burst its banks after the UK was battered by strong winds and rain today.The man was among three people pulled...
View ArticleLifeboatmen get the sack, one after 15 years of service, for using saucy mugs...
TWO lifeboat crewmen were sacked and four are said to have quit in a row over naked women on mugs.The men, all unpaid volunteers, swapped various “jokey” designs as Secret Santa gifts.� Glen Minikin...
View ArticleRNLI crew are set to quit after two shipmates were sacked for keeping saucy...
THE crew of a lifeboat station are threatening to mutiny if two pals sacked over saucy tea mugs are not reinstated.We told yesterday how volunteer crewman Ben Laws and trainee Joe Winspear were...
View ArticleDramatic moment family of four – including young kids – are rescued after...
THIS is the dramatic moment a family and their pet dog were rescued after getting cut off from land by a rising tide beneath cliffs.The group of four, which included two boys aged nine and 11, had been...
View ArticleTwo RNLI crew sacked for keeping racy tea mugs on board ‘won’t get a second...
TWO lifeboat crewmen who were sacked in a row over saucy tea mugs have been told they “won’t get a second chance”.We revealed last month how the pair were given their marching orders after swapping...
View ArticleLifeboatman sacked for naked mug slams RNLI ‘witch hunt’ and hits out at...
A LIFEBOAT crewman sacked alongside a colleague in a row over saucy tea mugs has accused the RNLI of carrying out a “witch hunt”.Ben Laws also hit out at “snakes on the crew” after he and trainee Joe...
View ArticleRNLI mug sacking scandal – what are the ‘pornographic’ mugs and how many...
A BIZARRE scandal over so-called “pornographic” coffee mugs has rocked voluntary lifesavers working for the RNLI.Joe Winspear and Ben Laws failed in their bid to be reinstated by Whitby RNLI after they...
View ArticleLifeboat crews’ workload doubles as they search for migrants crossing the...
THE Dover lifeboat has been launched ten times in the last 30 days — each time to search for migrants crossing the Channel.The RNLI vessel has been scrambled four times already this year looking for...
View ArticleRussian sailors were left stranded on virtually deserted Welsh island after...
THREE Russian sailors on a boozy night out were left stranded on a deserted Welsh island.The “very cold” trio were rescued yesterday morning after they got lost at sea.Three boozy Russian sailors ended...
View ArticleRNLI’s Peterhead lifeboat taken out of service after crew members ‘can’t work...
A SCOTS lifeboat has been taken out of service due to a falling out between crew members.The RNLI’s Peterhead service has been stood down after relationships between volunteers turned so sour they...
View ArticleRNLI slammed for spending millions on foreign aid while slashing 135 jobs in...
THE RNLI has been criticised for spending millions on projects abroad while slashing 135 jobs in the UK.Bosses last week warned the lifeboat charity is facing “some major challenges” after making...
View ArticleCoastguard rescue mission launched as three people trapped on sinking boat...
A RESCUE is underway in The Minch off north-west Scotland after a boat with three people on board started sinking.HM Coastguard is coordinating the response after the fishing vessel reported it was...
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