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Early Morning Shout for Berwick-upon-Tweed RNLI

Lifeboats News Release

At 1.05am the all-weather lifeboat at Berwick-upon-Tweed was requested by HM Coastguard to launch.

Lifeboat Crew and Paramedics off to Holy Island to attend Casualty on Island.

RNLI/Hazel Bettison

Early morning shout
HM Coastguard tasked for Paramedics from the North East Ambulance Service to be taken to Holy Island to attend to a male casualty who had become ill on the island.

The crew assembled and made haste over to the island for the second time in three days.

Once again after treatment the casualty fortunately did not have to be removed from the island.

Crew and Paramedics then returned to Berwick-upon-Tweed lifeboat station at 5.10am, where the lifeboat was washed down and made ready for service.

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For more information please contact Hazel Bettison, RNLI volunteer Lifeboat Press Officer: [email protected]
Lifeboat getting back, cleaned, refueled and ready for service again.

RNLI/Hazel Bettison

Getting Ready for Service
Outside of Berwick-upon-Tweed lifeboat station after the shout, Crew go off back to bed.

RNLI/Hazel Bettison

End of Shout

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