The Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) is urging anyone considering taking part in open water swims or New Year dips ...

The RNLI said volunteers would be on call 24/7 in Devon, Cornwall, Jersey and Guernsey throughout the festive period, and ...

Fifty hardy souls braved the cold weather to take part in Calshot RNLI’s first annual New Year’s Day Dip event. Participants ...

HUNDREDS of brave costume-clad dippers ran into the waves on Southend seafront on New Year's Day in aid of Southend's ...

Around 800 brave swimmers plunged into the icy waters off Southend as the annual RNLI New Year’s Day Dip returned today, it has been revealed ...

The Royal National Lifeboat Institution charity was first established in the London Tavern on 4 March 1824 Two-hundred years ago, the Royal National Lifeboat Institution charity was created. The ...

VOLUNTEERS and staff at Dunbar RNLI have been left “deeply shocked and saddened” by the death of crew member Kerry Gentle. The 34-year-old became a volunteer after attending a recruitment event ...

An £8m RNLI station forced to shut because of 'distrust and disharmony' among its crew is set to reopen after rowing lifeboat volunteers patched up their relationships. Pwllheli's lifeboat base in ...

Around 800 brave swimmers plunged into the icy waters off Southend as the annual RNLI New Year’s Day Dip returned today, it ...

A brand new £8million RNLI lifeboat station has been closed following a 'serious breakdown in relationships' between crew members. Last summer it was reported that all-weather lifeboat cover at ...

In 1985, he was awarded the charity that saves lives as sea's Bronze Medal and a Silk Cut Nautical Award in recognition of ...

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