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Lifeboat crews accuse RNLI managers of complacency over Channel crossings

Exclusive: members say they are ill-equipped and lack guidance on rescuing people crossing on small boats

The Guardian - UK · Oct 2, 2022

Walk the length of Antony Gormley’s Another Place … to the pub: the Hightown, Merseyside

The iron men dotted along Crosby beach form an ethereal backdrop to this coastal saunter

The Guardian - UK · Sep 30, 2022

Man dies after falling overboard into North Sea as murder probe launched

A man has died after he fell into the North Sea after transferring from one vessel to another near Hartlepool - despite efforts to save his life, prompting a murder investigation by police

Daily Mirror · Sep 27, 2022

More migrants cross Channel as annual total nears 30,000

A packed RNLI lifeboat deposited people on to the beach at Dungeness on Wednesday morning.

The Independent UK · Sep 21, 2022

Tributes paid to 'amazing' Scots wild swimmer who drowned at East Lothian beauty spot

Close friends of Douglas Meiklejohn have paid tribute to him online as they remembered his love for open water swimming and said he was "so full of life".

Daily Record · Sep 21, 2022

First picture of tragic Edinburgh wild swimmer who drowned at beauty spot

A well-loved member of the outdoor community and avid wild swimmer has been named locally after he tragically drowned at an East Lothian beach over the weekend

Edinburgh Live · Sep 21, 2022

Man's heartbreaking final text message to wife before he was found dead in the sea

Police, coastguard and RNLI teams conducted a search of the North Wales coast over several days and eventually recovered the body of Garry Jones after he left his family home in Stoke-on-Trent

Daily Mirror · Sep 20, 2022

Man dies at Scots beauty spot after 'getting into difficulty' in water

Police and paramedics were called to the scene at the beach in Tyninghame, East Linton, on Sunday, September 18, following reports of a person in the water.

Daily Record · Sep 20, 2022

Meet everyday people invited to Queen's funeral from RNLI man to a prison tutor

Some 200 everyday folk are set to rub shoulders with 500 politicians past and present and international royals at the Queen's funeral on Monday and, for many of them, it still has not sunk in...

Daily Mirror · Sep 17, 2022

RNLI fundraisers given Birthday Honours will attend Queen’s funeral

Lynn Spillett, from Sussex, and Guy Addington, from Kent, are among 200 Birthday Honours recipients to be invited to the Queen’s funeral.

The Independent UK · Sep 16, 2022