At 5pm on Saturday, January 7, 1950, Helvick Head RNLI Station was informed that a 16-foot sailing boat carrying Germans Paul ...

Competitors in fancy dress attempted to cure their Christmas hangovers with an icy dip in the river Derwent at Cromford in the Boxing Day Matlock Raft Race.

The men, all wearing their navy fishermen's jumpers, known locally as ganseys, are practising Ship Ahoy for their upcoming ...

The Met Office's yellow weather warning is in place from 4am until midnight on Christmas Day, with gusts of up to 65mph ...

Volunteers at the Lyme Regis Lifeboat Station have been saving lives at sea for almost 200 years. The station’s history is also very much aligned with the festive season when tragedy struck on Boxing ...

Organisers of some Christmas and Boxing Day swims in Devon and Cornwall have postponed or cancelled events due to a yellow ...

The RNLI has been asking everyone who takes on the Reindeer Run Challenge to run 24 miles throughout December, even a mile a ...

In 2025, personal stories proved popular and powerful – but several controversies raised questions about the future of the ...

For many, Christmas day is a rare pause in a forever busy world, dinner tables fill with the sounds of laughter, presents are opened and ...

Wales is packed with things to see and do, but even the most devoted explorers will admit there is always more to discover ...

A Gig club member from Burnham-on-Sea is set to take on a 28-kilometer running challenge to raise money for the RNLI.