According to the National Independent Lifeboat Association (NILA) 30% of the coast is covered by independent lifeboats.

The Whitstable B-Class lifeboat is usually the only craft occupying the RNLI boathouse at Whitstable harbour but on Sunday ...

Arbroath RNLI volunteer, Michael Marr, joined the RNLI 17 years ago and fondly remembers the love and interest June had in ...

FRESHWATER Independent Lifeboat was among the first to respond to a Mayday call at weekend after a 16-foot sailing vessel capsized south-west of The Needles lighthouse. The distress signal, issued by ...

Lifeboat crews braved "incredibly difficult" seas twice in two days to rescue a fishing boat caught up in Storm Amy off the Yorkshire coast. Volunteers at RNLI Scarborough were called out shortly ...

Kessock RNLI have made history by hosting Scotland’s first ever Women in Search and Rescue event, to celebrate the vital ...