Tag: lifeboat

Emergency coastguard tugs axed as cash runs out

Scottish News

Deadline News Journalist - March 20, 2012

COASTGUARD tugs which save stricken vessels in Scottish waters are to be axed after funding for the service ran out. The potentially life-saving vessels work...

Lifeboat man in hot water over planking picture

Scottish News

Deadline News Journalist - February 15, 2012

RESCUE chiefs have ticked off volunteers for posting a picture of a crewman apparently planking on top of a £2m lifeboat. The image on the...

Terror as mum and baby swept into sea by tide

Scottish News

Deadline News Journalist - February 15, 2012

THE moment a terrified Scots mother and her helpless baby were almost swept away by a rapidly rising tide has been uploaded to YouTube. The...

Scotland’s lifeboats launched more than 1,000 times

Scottish News

Deadline News Journalist - February 7, 2012

THE RNLI launched, on average, 20 lifeboats in Scotland each week in 2011 according to the charity’s official statistics released today, (Tuesday 7 February) The...

Lifeboat in emergency dash – to “rescue” seal

In Brief

Guest - January 20, 2012

A DRAMATIC rescue attempt by a Scottish lifeboat crews was called off after the “casualty” turned out to be a seal. Forth coastguard gave the order...