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Between 2021 and 2022, RNLI lifeboat crews experienced a 21 percent increase in rescue missions to save paddleboarders

Coastal rescuers ‘inundated’ with callouts to people using kayaks, canoes and stand-up paddleboards

The RNLI has reported that the number of people whose lives were saved by its crews more than doubled last year.

Rescuing people around the UK’s coastline calls for bravery, specialist training and top-notch equipment. Here, a senior lifeguard explains how the RNLI uses eight vital pieces of kit

One crew evacuated before boat sinks as more than 80 vessels abandon world’s largest offshore race

Nobody bats an eyelid when an amateur adventurer hurts himself or others in the pursuit of an insignificant record or a personal dream. But as the stakes get higher, with more extreme tourism on offer to the ultra-wealthy, Oliver Keens argues that it’s time to stop calling them brave or…

Victim resigned over handling of what he said was ‘hate-filled attack’ by colleague and its aftermath

Joe Abbess, 17, and Sunnah Khan, 12, drowned in the incident off Bournemouth beach in May

Joe Abbess, 17, and Sunnah Khan, 12, drowned in the incident off Bournemouth beach in May.

Scots heading to the beach this summer have been issued a warning by two seaside organisations about weever fish, which can hide underneath sand and inject beachgoers with painful stings.

Two RNLI lifeboats and a coastguard helicopter were sent to the scene after the Mazarine cargo ship struck rocks