A seaside village is preparing to say farewell to a lifeboat that has been rescuing people - and animals - for 20 years. For members of Caister Lifeboat, it will be a sad day on Tuesday, January ...

"I have nothing but praise... certainly happy memories." Mr Blakeston, who began volunteering at the lifeboat station more than 30 years ago, said: "It's a new chapter for Falmouth lifeboat ...

Emergency personnel stationed at the lifeboat station in Eastney were scrambled to save the group on Saturday afternoon (January 4). The crew rushed to Port Solent after receiving a “Mayday ...

Belinda and James Richardson, from London, visited all 238 lifeboat stations in a bid to raise enough money to buy a new D class inshore lifeboat – the workhorse of the RNLI. The couple ...

Migrants have crossed the English Channel to the UK in the third day of arrivals of the year so far. Pictures show men and women wearing blankets and life jackets being brought ashore from a ...

A Syrian today became the first UK-bound migrant of the new year to die in the English Channel after being 'crushed to death' in an overcrowded small boat. The unnamed man, who was in his 20s ...

Read our privacy notice. Migrants have crossed the English Channel to the UK in the third day of arrivals of the year so far. Pictures show men and women wearing blankets and life jackets being ...

Lifeboat and coastguard teams raced to help rescue a man taken ill on board a cruise ship off the Kent coast. A major road has been closed due to a crash and ongoing repair work after debris was ...

A tell-tale spike in the number of migrants crossing the English Channel last year – in contrast with other European border areas – indicates that the UK is increasingly being seen as a ...

A 19-year-old man was crushed to death in a small boat while trying to cross the English Channel on Saturday. Roughly 60 people were on board the vessel around 4am as it set off from the beach of ...

Remarkably, the balloon lifted, then landed safely in France, marking the first aerial crossing of the English Channel. The men in the basket were French exhibition balloonist Jean-Pierre ...