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People walk along the seafront as Storm Babet will bring heavy rain to the UK this week, with extensive flooding expected in already-saturated parts of Scotland. Picture: Niall Carson/PA Wire

Landslides possible in northern coastal areas

The RNLI has warned that conditions around coasts could be treacherous as Storm Agnes prepares to hit the country. (Credit: Getty Images)

UK braces as Storm Agnes prepares for landfall

The parade begins

Bridlington Supercar Saturday: All the best photos as vehicles gather for rally

Dolphins swim alongside RNLI lifeboat in Whitby, North Yorkshire.

Watch: Dolphins swim alongside lifeboat off UK seaside town

A general view of Whitby Beach in Yorkshire. PIC: Danny Lawson/PA Wire

Teenage lifeguard shows the best of youth - YP Letters

Jim Moir aka Vic Reeves at his local RNLI lifeboat station in Walmer, Kent.

Vic Reeves in RNLI podcast marking lifeboat charity's bicentenary

RNLI lifeguards are trained to offer friendly advice and medical assistance when needed and operate on the beaches seven-days-a-week between 10am and 6pm.

16-year-old lifeguard helps save two children from rip currents at Whitby Beach

Over 50 people have been rescued after a migrant boat sunk in the Channel on Saturday morning

Six dead and 50 rescued after migrant boat sinks in Channel

Children take part in the Safe Swim Session, at North Bay Scarborough. . Picture taken by Yorkshire Post Photographer Simon Hulme

Safety sessions held after 7,000 children helped by RNLI last summer

Driver of a van was left red faced after it floated out to sea

You can’t park there: RNLI rush to save van floating out to sea

Bridlington RNLI launched just after dawn on August 1 after a van was seen submerged between the HM Coastguard station and Sewerby steps.

Disaster for van driver who parked on beach - only for it to float out to sea

Dog walker on Scarborough's North Bay Beach. (Pic credit: Richard Ponter)

Top tips on how to keep dogs safe while on the beach along the Yorkshire Coast

A teenager has died after getting in to trouble in the sea at Aberavon beach

Boy, 15, dies after getting into difficulty in the sea at Port Talbot

The crew wave to well wishers as the lifeboat enters Whitby harbour (Pic: RNLI/Ceri Oakes)

Emotional day as new lifeboat bearing names of loved ones arrives in Whitby

RNLI coastguards with their new apprentice ‘Quackers'

Warning about inflatables as men float out to sea on giant duck

Humber Lifeboat Station at Spurn Point

RNLI Humber lifeboat station to leave Spurn Point after more than 200 years

A yacht safely arrives back in Bridlington harbour with the Bridlington all-weather lifeboat.

Bridlington lifeboat called out after yacht loses steering

Flash Jack

Ad Feature Whitby Fish & Ships Festival line-up unveiled: full festival details here

MV Pentalina had been out of passenger service apart from some brief private contracts since 2019.

Ferry runs aground with baby on board after smoke in engine room

A Dover to Calais Irish Ferries passenger vessel carrying almost 200 people was rescued after fire broke out.

Lifeboats launched after fire breaks out on passenger ferry in Channel

The scene in East India Harbour, Greenock

Major search operation resumes after boat capsizes near Greenock

A major search operation has resumed in the River Clyde near Greenock after a tugboat believed to be carrying two people capsized.

The lifeboat crew from Whitby

Lifeboat crews rescue swimmer who had been in the sea for an hour

The Boxing Day dip at Bridlington in 2019

Boxing Day dip cancelled at Bridlington over concerns about pollution

An RNLI life boat arrives back in port after taking part in a rescue mission in the English Channel.

Four people dead after small boat incident in English Channel

The video shows the dramatic rescue of the walkers on the Yorkshire coast. (Credit: RNLI)

Dramatic video shows moment walkers were rescued by coastguard in Yorkshire

Dolphins spotted in UK waters as pod swim happily alongside RNLI boat - watch video taken of sighting

Dolphins spotted swimming alongside RNLI rescue boat

Whitby Abbey at sunrise

Whitby Fish and Ships Festival preview as event programme is confirmed

Lifeguard Millie Ellicker, the 74-year-old lady who had fallen, and Senior Lifeguard Tom Davis. She returned to the beach to thank the lifeguards who treated her head injury at Saltburn beach.

Pensioner thanks beach lifeguards with cards and chocolate after head injury

Scarborough beach

Jellyfish warning issued by RNLI for Yorkshire coast ahead of Bank Holiday

Whitby beach. (Pic credit: James Hardisty)

RNLI issues ‘Float to Live’ advice as Yorkshire heatwave continues

The lifeboat station on Coble Landing in Filey

Filey Town Council and businesses object to expansion of RNLI lifeboat station

Neil Williamson, curator at RNLI Whitby museum, is pictured following the restoration that has been made possible by a legacy left to the organisation.

"The story does not end in this building", RNLI Whitby museum restoration
It was the last rowing and pulling lifeboat to be used by the RNLI and has been a proud museum piece ever since it was retired from service in the seas off Whitby on the dramatic and dangerous North Yorkshire coastline during the 1950s.

(l to r): Ben Sautter, Mick Fowler, Steven Randall from RNLI & Lee Duncan, Nigel Hatton, Andy Shaw, Tom Lamb, Stuart Crofts from Tolent.

New lifeboat station will speed up mobilisation of life-saving crews

The restored model of a lifeboat that is a collection box at the Whitby Lifeboat Museum

Historic model collection box is restored at Whitby Lifeboat Museum

Richard Burton and Lola were cut off by the tide

Watch moment RNLI rescue Yorkshire dog walker who was cut off by incoming tide

The Robert and Ellen Robson is pulled through Whitby, pictured here on Haggersgate. Picture: Ceri Oakes / RNLI

Whitby's 103-year-old lifeboat pulled through streets back to lifeboat museum

Luke Burton

Offshore worker died in motorbike crash in Filey the day after passing his test

David Fell played professional rugby league for Rochdale and Salford in the 1990s

Father ‘ died from cardiac arrest’ while trying to save children

The old lifeboat, Robert and Ellen Robson, is lowered onto the restored carriage at Coates Marine, Whitby. Credit: RNLI/Ceri Oakes

Whitby: Restoration hits half way stage on last RNLI rowing lifeboat

David Fell, who died last year at the age of 55, played rugby league professionally for Rochdale Hornets and Salford Red Devils in the 1980s and 90s

Father died in 'catastrophic accident' while attempting to rescue his children

An offshore lifeboat with a full launch system is being auctioned on eBay - for more than £400k. See SWNS story Volunteers of one of the UK's few remaining independent lifeboat stations are auctioning the orange and black vessel to raise money for a brand new £2million all-weather lifeboat. Prospective buyers can head to eBay to enter bids - with a starting price of £300,000 or a buy now option at £420,000. The life-saving boat is in fully working order and can reach up to 37 knots (43mph). It has belonged to Caister lifeboat station in Norfolk - one of Britain's 55 independent stations - since 2004.

Offshore lifeboat with full launch system being auctioned on eBay for £400,000

The Royal National Lifeboat Institution's (RNLI) Shannon class all-weather lifeboat

RNLI lifeboat named after Prince Philip will save lives close to Sandringham

Thornwick Bay

Five young men rescued from sea and smugglers' caves at Thornwick Bay

What is the correct status of Channel migrants?

Why media shouldn’t refer to ‘Channel migrants’ as refugees: YP Letters

The coastline at Filey, near Reighton Gap

Heroic beachgoers saved teenagers from rip tide current in Reighton Gap tragedy

The flash rip appeared at the beach in Withernsea

RNLI rescues man and three teenagers from 'flash' rip tide at Withernsea

As the RNLI prepares for an exceptionally busy summer, visitors to coastal areas are being encouraged to plan their trips and access beach safety advice online

Summer staycation hotspot to get mobile upgrade

Helly Hansen and the RNLI lifejacket campaign: Whitby Walk with Heritage Project by Emma Stothard and photographed by Ceri Oakes.

RNLI decks Whitby statues out in lifejackets to encourage safety at sea

Graham Taylor with the Mersey lifeboat before it left Filey last month. Picture: James Hardisty

RNLI stalwart who brought Mersey lifeboat to Filey reflects on its loss

Filey's Mersey class all-weather lifeboat takes to the sea for the final time before being retired from service. Photo: Tony Johnson.

Filey lifeboat’s final mission and our debt to RNLI - The Yorkshire Post says

Image of RNLI volunteer Becs Miller issued by charity as it reveals rising number of rescues carried out last summer

RNLI figures show soaring number of lives saved off Britain's coasts last summer

The Jack Russell which was found trapped under rocks for three days near Skinningrove in North Yorkshire

Dog which had been missing for three days found trapped under rocks in Yorkshire

This is Scarborough's lifeboat in action. Photo: RNLI.

Why RNLI is ‘fourth emergency service’ – The Yorkshire Post says

Members of the crew from Staithes and Runswick Bay in June 2017. (Picture: Jack Lowe).

Jack Lowe and his epic journey to photograph every RNLI station and their crews

The Scarborough RNLI crew is among those facing a financial storm over Covid.

SOS appeal from RNLI needs heeding over lifeboats – The Yorkshire Post says

John Broscombe

Villagers pay tribute to RNLI fundraiser in the red phone box he helped restore

Brothers Muhammad-Azhar Shabbir, 18, and Ali-Athar Shabbir, 16

Grieving Dewsbury family thanks public who helped in doomed search for brothers ...

The vessel, believed to be called Imogen, is said to be taking on water around 13.5 miles south east of Flamborough.

Helicopter and RNLI searching for boat taking on water off Yorkshire coast

Sammy in the care of the RNLI crew

RNLI rescue family dog after he falls off a cliff near Filey

RNLI lifeguards Ben Botham, Kelly Bowler, Oli Shaw and Sam Broadley

Four children rescued after rubber dinghy blows out to sea off Whitby coast