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Dolphins swim alongside RNLI lifeboat in Whitby, North Yorkshire.

Watch: Dolphins swim alongside lifeboat off UK seaside town

Over 50 people have been rescued after a migrant boat sunk in the Channel on Saturday morning

Six dead and 50 rescued after migrant boat sinks in Channel

Driver of a van was left red faced after it floated out to sea

You can’t park there: RNLI rush to save van floating out to sea

RNLI South Queensferry were called out to rescue two children stranded on Cramond Island near Edinburgh.

Lifeboat crew rescue two children stranded on island

A teenager has died after getting in to trouble in the sea at Aberavon beach

Boy, 15, dies after getting into difficulty in the sea at Port Talbot

RNLI coastguards with their new apprentice ‘Quackers'

Warning about inflatables as men float out to sea on giant duck

MV Pentalina had been out of passenger service apart from some brief private contracts since 2019.

Ferry runs aground with baby on board after smoke in engine room

Sunrise swim at Portobello Beach for International Women's Day cancelled due to extreme cold weather. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Sunrise swim for International Women's Day cancelled

A Dover to Calais Irish Ferries passenger vessel carrying almost 200 people was rescued after fire broke out.

Lifeboats launched after fire breaks out on passenger ferry in Channel

The scene in East India Harbour, Greenock

Major search operation resumes after boat capsizes near Greenock

East Lothian fisherman Peter Gray died in a fatal accident on his fishing vessel, which was located near Torness Point in Dunbar. (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Beloved dad and grandfather died after being pulled overboard while fishing

Queensferry Lifeboat rescuing people stranded on Cramond Island in January 2023

Lifeboat rushes to people stranded in Firth of Forth

An RNLI life boat arrives back in port after taking part in a rescue mission in the English Channel.

Four people dead after small boat incident in English Channel

Dolphins spotted in UK waters as pod swim happily alongside RNLI boat - watch video taken of sighting

Dolphins spotted swimming alongside RNLI rescue boat

Tyninghame beach and the Bass Rock.

Man dies at East Lothian beach

Joan Scambler

Woman saved from drowning in 1965 leaves RNLI heroes £14,000 in her will
A Dunbar woman who thought she was going to die at 14 after her canoe capsized has left £14,000 to the lifeboat crew which saved her life.

Lifeboat crews rescue the stricken rower (Pic: Dunbar RNLI)

Lifeboat crew rescue ‘unconscious casualty’  off Dunbar

The Dunbar RNLI crew rescued the stricken boat on Thursday morning.

Dunbar RNLI called out to rescue stricken boat

Aman Sharma, 34, from Edinburgh, drowned in Loch Lubnaig last July despite heroic efforts by a friend to save him

Scotland's drowning rate is the highest in the UK - with July the most deadly mo...

Dunbar's lifeboat towed the fishing boat back to the harbour. (Photo credit: Ian Wilson)

Dunbar lifeboat crew rescue stranded fishing boat

The crew battled through difficult conditions in their search for the vulnerable person.

Dunbar's RNLI lifeboats carry out early morning search for vulnerable person

Lifeboat rescue from Cramond Island - your views online

Queensferry Lifeboat heads back to shore after rescuing six adults, two children and a dog from Cramond Island on Saturday

Nearly 30 people rescued after becoming stranded on island

Dunbar’s RNLI volunteers broke off from a first aid care training course to deal with a real life casualty in challenging circumstances on Friday.

Dunbar incident: Man falls 30ft from cliff

RNLI Queensferry shared the footage on Facebook.

Watch: RNLI Queensferry lifeboat share dramatic rescue footage

RNLI lifeguard, Katie Walker, rescued the young girl after she swam outside of the safe swim area, marked by red an yellow flags, at Coldingham Bay last Friday, August 6 (Photo: RNLI/Nick Mailer).

RNLI lifeguard saves young child pulled away by strong rip current

RNLI issue safety plea following spate of tragic drownings last weekend on Scottish waters. (Picture credit: Nick Mailer/ RNLI)

RNLI launch safety appeal following spate of tragic drownings last weekend
Following a spate of tragic drownings in Scotland last weekend, the RNLI has issued a plea to the Scottish public to heed its water safety advice.

The unresponsive swimmer was rescued from the water at Coldingham Bay (Photo: St Abbs lifeboat).

‘Unresponsive swimmer’ rescued from water in south east Scotland

Portobello Beach on Wednesday, July 14 (Photo: Andrew O'Brien).

‘False call’ after inflatables blown out to sea at east coast beach

North Berwick: Horse rider injured on beach rescued by coastguard in East Lothian

Horse rider injured on East Lothian beach assisted by emergency services

A coastguard helicopter was spotted circling above Cramond Island on Sunday evening after a member of the public raised concern for two people in a kayak at sea in the bad weather.

Watch: Coastguard search launched over concern for two kayakers at sea

North Berwick: Lifeboat launched in East Lothian after swimmer seen jumping off rocks and not reappearing

Lifeboat launched after swimmer seen jumping off rocks and not reappearing

Multi-agency rescue operation involving Northern Ireland and Scotland resources including helicopter, aircraft and dog unit (Photo: K9 Search & Rescue NI).

Six-hour multi-agency search after 'false alert' for missing ferry passengers

Kinghorn lifeboat crews assist at the rescue after the man went overboard (Pic: Kinghorn RNLI)

Lifeboat crew scrambled after man overboard off Burntisland

Credit: Fife Jammers Locations

Rescue mission launched after man overboard in the Forth

Cramond Island: RNLI called out three times in one day as they urge the public to take care

RNLI called out three times in one day as they urge the public to take care

North Berwick Coastguard and RNLI North Berwick Lifeboat were tasked to Broadsands, North Berwick to assist a member of the public with the recovery of their dog (Photo: North Berwick Coastguard Rescue Team).

'Water-loving’ dog saved from sea by coastguard and lifeboat teams

North Berwick Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) saved three lives in 2020 and rescued a further 12 people.

RNLI stats reveal number of lives saved by lifeboat volunteers during 2020

Kinghorn RNLI: Two men in inflatable kayak capsize in the Firth of Forth

Watch: Two men in inflatable kayak capsize in the Firth of Forth

The RNLI urges Cramond Island visitors to check tide times as stranding on the Firth of Forth island increases (Photo: RNLI).

'Check the tide times for Cramond Island’, RNLI urges as stranding increases

Three people had to be rescued by HM Coastguard after becoming stranded on Cramond Island this afternoon.

The RNLI plead with the public to look out for their own safety after rescuing p...

Warnings about the risk of being cut off by the tide are hard to miss on the causeway to Cramond Island (Picture: Ian Rutherford)

Cramond Island doozie's rescue enraged my inner taxpayer – Susan Morrison

Boy rescued after becoming trapped by tide in Fife picture: RNLI

RNLI rescue launched after rising tide leaves boy stranded on Scottish coast

Crashes cut by one third after 20mph limit introduced in Edinburgh - your views ...

Kinghorn RNLI Lifeboat’s volunteer crew was called out on Monday afternoon to evacuate a sick crew member from a product tanker anchored off Kirkcaldy.

Video: Emergency services evacuate sick sailor from tanker near Kirkcaldy

Kevin Hunter and Terry Healy with the new St Abbs Lifeboat donation box

Edinburgh College students help lifeboat after donations box stolen

Kinghorn RNLI Lifeboat volunteers were called into action on Sunday at Portobello Beach

WATCH: Lifeboat crew rescues troubled paddle boarder

Becs Miller, RNLI volunteer

Volunteer Becs drops everything to save lives at sea

North Berwick RNLI Lifeboat Station

North Berwick RNLI hero is honoured by the Queen for decades of service

Four people were caught by the tide as they attempted to cross to Cramond Island.

Lifeboat rescues four people stuck on Cramond Island causeway

Emergency services rescued three children and an adult from the sea near Belhaven Bay.

Three children and adult rescued from sea in Dunbar

Cramond Island is currently closed to the public. Picture: JPIMedia

Stranded walkers swim from closed Cramond Island

The path to Cramond Island has been closed

Path to Cramond Island closed after people flout lockdown rules