Tag: RNLI

Flowers thrown into sea as 104-year-old lifeboat station closes

Deadline News Journalist - September 9, 2015

LIFEBOATMEN threw flowers into the North Sea yesterday as part of a final goodbye to a 104-year-old station. Crew members and local residents lined the...

RNLI threatens to “bring in big guns” against Facebook page opposing St Abbs closure

Scottish News

Peter Laing - July 7, 2015

LIFEBOAT chiefs have threatened to shut down a Facebook page which is campaigning to save a doomed station. The ‘Rnli Scotland’ page carries a big...

National Trust boss urges RNLI chiefs to reconsider St Abbs station closure

Scottish News

Peter Laing - June 17, 2015

THE CHIEF executive of one of Scotland’s biggest charities has written a letter to the RNLI - pleading with them to save a doomed...

Heroes of doomed RNLI station pose for haunting last pictures

Scottish News

Deadline News Journalist - June 12, 2015

HAUNTING portraits of lifeboat heroes include the moment the crew of a doomed RNLI station stood together for the last time. Twenty volunteers at St...