Working round the clock to rescue Londoners, the RNLI is in desperate need of a new lifeboat station on the Thames. Steep tides and busy river traffic mean the current cramped, floating platform is ...
In fact, it's the busiest lifeboat station in the UK. Inside Tower Station, waiting for the 'bat phone' to ring with their next callout is a group of full-timers and volunteers, equipped to take on ...
A total of 372 people were rescued from the River Thames by London lifeboat crews last year - enough to fill more than four double decker buses. Of those rescues, 25 were categorized as lives saved, ...
The Royal National Lifeboat Institution charity was first established in the London Tavern on 4 March 1824 Two-hundred years ago, the Royal National Lifeboat Institution charity was created. The ...
A lifeboat crew has come to the rescue of a man who fell asleep on a wall and rolled into a river. A RNLI crew from London's Tower lifeboat station picked up the man who was stranded on the north ...
Thames lifeboat rescue: Man clinging to barge 'jumped in because he thought he saw someone drowning'
From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...
A lifeboat crew was called into action to rescue a “poorly and exhausted” seal from the banks of Thames, after being alerted by members of the public. Tower RNLI was returning from the Thames Barrier ...
The new station is towed beneath Tower Bridge. Image: Hallmark Media Group. You may've read our article from 2022: The UK's Busiest Lifeboat Station Is Hiding In Plain Sight By Waterloo Bridge.
Two-hundred years ago, the Royal National Lifeboat Institution charity was created. The service's motto is "saving lives at sea", but its beginnings were very much on dry land - right in the heart of ...
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