Young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) will get the chance to experience life at sea with the ...

Two members of Whitby lifeboat crew, Luke Pentith and Max Burnett, have passed their tier two assessments – and are now fully ...

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A life-size statue of RNLI lifeboat disaster survivor Henry Freeman can be built in Whitby, the council has said. Did you know with a Digital subscription to Yorkshire Post, you can get access to all ...

Ada Myers received a gold medal for her long commitment to the charity [Family handout] The funeral has been held of a 92-year-old woman who dedicated her life to volunteering and supporting the Royal ...

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A statue celebrating Whitby’s maritime lifesaving history could be built as part of a plan for an ‘RNLI-themed garden’. Did you know with a Digital subscription to Yorkshire Post, you can get access ...

Throughout the 200-year history of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI), the charity has spearheaded innovation and adapted to the challenging circumstances of saving lives at sea. In 1861, ...

A SEAFARER who helped save countless lives over the last three decades is finally calling it a day. Whitby lifeboat coxswain Mike Russell, who has just turned 60, has retired after 30 years of ...

Henry Freeman had already been on five rescue missions on his first day with the lifeboat crew when disaster struck The sole survivor of a 19th Century lifeboat disaster is to be immortalised with a ...

The sole survivor of a 19th Century lifeboat disaster is to be immortalised with a statue in Whitby. Henry Freeman was working his first shift when a storm hit the Yorkshire coast on 9 February 1861.