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19-06-2013
A new research project being run by the RNLI in conjunction with the British Canoe Union (BCU) is exploring attitudes towards risk and safety, and the various ways in which kayakers and canoeists participate in their respective sports.
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19-06-2013
On the evening of Saturday 15 June, Porthcawl RNLI Atlantic 85 lifeboat was launched to reports of a 30 foot steel hulled sailing yacht in difficulty off Newton, Porthcawl, and in danger of drifting onto the rocky point
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19-06-2013
The RNLI Halifax branch is calling on walkers to put on their trainers and take part in a sponsored boat pull and walk through the streets of Brighouse, Halifax and Sowerby Bridge.
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19-06-2013
Whitstable lifeboat was diverted from an exercise on Tuesday evening (18 June) to assist a 14' angling dinghy with two persons onboard that had broken down off Herne Bay.
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19-06-2013
Hoylake RNLI shore crew member Tracy Davies has recently been passed by an RNLI inspector to drive a lifeboat tractor.
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19-06-2013
Volunteers from Newhaven RNLI Lifeboat Station were launched on Friday 14 June at 1pm to a 72 metre cargo ship following reports that one of the crew had been taken ill and needed to be evacuated and taken to hospital.
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19-06-2013
The Shoreham RNLI all weather lifeboat launched on Saturday 15 June at 4.25pm to a report of broken down rigid inflatable boat in trouble off Goring.
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19-06-2013
Abersoch RNLI's seventh shout of the year was to attend to a yacht in difficulties and eventually share towing duties with RNLI neighbours, Pwllheli.
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19-06-2013
Volunteer lifeboat crews assisted in the search for an elderly man who went missing from his home in Brightlingsea.
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19-06-2013
The emergency pagers sounded at 3.15am this morning (Wednesday 19 June) for the volunteer lifeboat crew at Rock. They were called from their beds to assist a yachtsman who had gone aground on a sand spit near Daymer Bay.
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19-06-2013
At a regional award ceremony on 16 June, RNLI volunteer Hedley Saunders was awarded a silver statuette for his 10-year term as Honorary Treasurer. Hedley, a dentist by profession, has helped raise thousands of pounds for Exmouth RNLI.
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18-06-2013
Weymouth RNLI all-weather and inshore lifeboats were tasked to search for an overdue diver missing in fog.
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18-06-2013
Volunteer lifeboat crew members from Littlestone-on-Sea RNLI were called from their beds in the early hours of Sunday 16 June to assist a man with severe arm injuries after he was caught up in a winch mechanism aboard a fishing vessel.
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18-06-2013
The RNLI annual presentation of awards for Northern Ireland has taken place in the Great Hall at Queens University in Belfast.
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18-06-2013
A surfer and a body boarder were grateful that RNLI lifeguards were on duty at Sedgewell Cove in the South Hams yesterday (Monday 17 June) when they got caught in a rip current.
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18-06-2013
Lifeboat volunteers from Sunderland RNLI Station rushed into action earlier this afternoon (Tuesday 18 June) to assist the crew of a 9m yacht after their boat ran out of fuel on a passage between the River Tyne and Sunderland.
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18-06-2013
Shortly after 10.30am on Saturday 15 June, Lymington RNLI lifeboat crew members working close to the station became aware of a potentially critical injury aboard a 28ft yacht in South Westerly force 6/7 winds and initiated the self launch process.
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18-06-2013
While preparing to depart for a routine exercise, at 12.20, the crew of RNLB The Royal Thames were called to assist a diver who had taken ill aboard a diving vessel on the east side of the Sound of Harris.
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18-06-2013
The crew of a yacht that suffered engine failure in stormy conditions off West Cornwall on Friday 14 June were rescued by the RNLI team from Penlee.
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18-06-2013
Douglas RNLI lifeboat volunteer crew members were paged from their beds at 3:29am this morning (18 June) to carry out a medical evacuation from a fishing vessel approximately 18 miles east of Douglas.