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Legendary British yachtsman Tony Bullimore will be the main attraction at a dinner organised by Humber Yawl Club to celebrate 200 years of lifeboats at Spurn Point.

The evening, on 20 February at the Ramada Jarvis Hotel, Willerby near Hull, could raise up to £4,000 for the Royal National Lifeboat Institution...

The world champion Smithills School Senior Brass Band will give a celebration concert on behalf of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) in Victoria Hall, Bolton on Saturday, 20 March.

The band, supported by the school music department, regularly raises funds for the lifeboat charity but next month’s concert should really hit the high notes as it celebrates 140-years of support for the RNLI in Bolton...

Two new volunteer crew members have been welcomed into the fold at Flamborough lifeboat station. Jemma Grant, (18) , a student living at Church Lane Flamborough, and Matthew Emmerson, (19), a fisherman who lives at Castle Crescent Flamborough, are now part of the regular crew for the RNLI...

The Redcar RNLI lifeboat was launched today (Saturday 6 February 2010) after a fishing boat broke down in fog off Saltburn.

The call for assistance came after the fishing boat suffered a fuel problem, causing the engine to fail...

On only the second day of the second month of the year, the volunteer crew at RNLI Lytham St Annes launched to its first dramatic rescue of 2010.

Sally, Lytham’s inshore lifeboat, was launched from Lytham jetty just after lunch on 2 February with three volunteer crew members on board...

Players and directors from Hull FC rugby league club will visit Humber RNLI today to announce a major fundraising campaign for the lifeboat charity.

The club has made Humber RNLI its charity of the year and will raise both money and the profile of the lifeboat station at Spurn Point, which this year celebrates its 200th anniversary...

Volunteer fundraisers at Sunderland and Whitburn RNLI Guilds have kick-started the 2010 fundraising campaign for Sunderland RNLI lifeboat station announcing two events to coincide with the national fundraising day for the RNLI – SOS Day.

RNLI SOS Day, held this year on 29 January, is an annual event which encourages people across the country to fundraise for the lifesaving charity...

January ended with a busy afternoon for both of the Amble lifeboats after a series of incidents kept the volunteer crewmembers active yesterday.

Both the all-weather lifeboat The Four Boys and the D class inshore lifeboat Rosemary Palmer were launched to assist on one shout that was quickly followed by another before they even got back to base, followed by much-needed escort duties for two further vessels...

RNLI Volunteers had to make a quick launch to the nearby breakwater when a pair of sea anglers failed to notice the rapidly rising tide and became stranded. The drama began late afternoon today when two of Newbiggin rvolunteers who were on station noticed the pair fishing off the breakwater oblivious to the rising tide...

Olympic swimming stars made a splash for the RNLI in Stockport on the lifeboat charity’s biggest annual fundraising day.

RNLI SOS Day on Friday 29 January saw events organised around the country to raise money to help save lives at sea...

Where does your money go? - This short video from Oxfam USA asks a very simple question about what happens to the money we pay for the fuel we put in our cars. Watch it here:

Lollipop lady hit by lorry dies - A lollipop lady dies after being hit by a lorry while working in the east end of Glasgow, police confirm. [Front Page News]

Woman gave heroin to disabled son - A mother describes how she told her brain-damaged son that she loved him before injecting him with a heroin overdose. [Front Page News]

Brown call over justice impasse - It is vital Stormont politicians continue their work on devolving justice powers, Prime Minister Gordon Brown says. [Front Page News]

Chinese international rescue team arrives in Haiti - Chinese international rescue team including 50 rescuers and seven jounalists on a chartered plane arrived here Thursday morning to help Haiti out of the aftermath of Tuesday's magnitude-7.3 earthquake. The plane, which took off from Beijing Wednesday evening, stopped over in Vancouver, Canada, before it arrived in Haiti.

Morocco: Jail sentences for blogger and Internet café owner | Menassat -
A court in Guelmim imposed jail sentences on a blogger and an Internet café owner for circulating information about a heavy-handed crackdown on student protests in the nearby village of Taghjijt (200 km south of Agadir) on 1 December.

'Large street fight' victim named - Strathclyde detectives say the death of a 23-year-old man in Dalmarnock on Christmas Day was suspicious. [Front Page News]

Shoplift sermon priest 'foolish' - Ex-Archbishop of Canterbury Lord Carey criticises the comments made by a York priest who advised needy people to shoplift. [Front Page News]

Christmas in Somalia for UK captives - Two British hostages being held by pirates in Somalia face a Christmas in captivity with no immediate sign of their release. [World News]

Iran 'to ban' defaced banknotes - Iran says defaced banknotes are to be made invalid, after the appearance of opposition slogans on money, local media report. [Business News]