Margate RNLI lifeboat in dramatic rescue!
Margate RNLI B class lifeboat ‘Colonel Stock’ Image:RNLI Margate In a dramatic joint RNLI, HM Coastguard operation a person has been rescued after being cut off by the tide at…
Jon’s inspiring journey culminates in Coxswain role at RNLI Dungeness
Jon Morgan Photo: RNLI A remarkable journey of dedication and service culminated last Thursday, March 27th, 2025, as Jon Morgan officially assumed the role of full-time Coxswain at Dungeness Lifeboat…
Whitstable RNLI sails to the rescue, bringing stranded motor cruiser safely home!
Whitstable lifeboat (Relief B-Class Martin Frederick Whitehouse) approaches the casualty vessel broken down in the vicinity of the Kentish Flats Wind farm on Saturday afternoon. Photo: Dave Parry – RNLI…
Dramatic sea rescue off Kent coast as cargo ship fire forces evacuation
Ramsgate’s all-weather lifeboat, Diamond Jubilee, in action Credit: RNLI/Ramsgate RNLI A major international rescue operation unfolded off the coast of Ramsgate and Dover this week, as a cargo ship battling…
Firefighters tackle outbuilding blaze in Rolvenden
Kent Fire and Rescue Service responded to a fire in an outbuilding on Regent Street in Rolvenden near Tenterden in the early hours of Tuesday morning. Four fire engines arrived…
Tide traps walkers near James Bond author’s St Margaret’s Bay hideaway
Crew under the cliffs Credit: RNLI/Christopher Winslade The first call of the New Year for the Walmer RNLI proved a dramatic one as they raced to the rescue of three…
Casualty of deep fat fryer blaze treated by paramedics at Dover takeaway
Library image A dangerous blaze broke out at a takeaway shop in Cherry Tree Avenue, Dover on Friday evening, sending plumes of smoke billowing into the night sky. The incident…
Cocker Spaniel rescued from rising tide in Medway estuary
On Sunday, 6 October, Clara the cocker spaniel was rescued by the Sheerness inshore lifeboat crew after becoming trapped by the incoming tide on Copperhouse Marsh. The UK Coastguard tasked…
Heroic RNLI crew rescues Margate mum and son from treacherous tidal current at Walpole Bay Pool
Paula with the crew members who rescued her Dan Golding, Guy Addington and Lucy Maling Credit:Margate RNLI Paula Maguire, who is originally from Dublin but now lives in Margate, regularly…
Coastguard helicopter with Littlestone and Dover lifeboats in mid-channel yacht drama
Littlestone RNLI Net Recovery on return to station after mid channel yacht drama At 10.47am on Tuesday morning, 17 September 2024 Littlestone RNLI Atlantic 85 Inshore Lifeboat ‘Jean McIvor’ launched…