The RNLI were called to South Gare lighthouse just before 5 pm on Sunday 7 June. 

Fisherman dies after being swept into the sea near Redcar

Five people, including a child, were rescued after two cars were submerged on Holy Island Causeway on Sunday.

Five people rescued from Holy Island Causeway

A mother and her 8-year-old child have been rescued at Seaburn Beach in Sunderland after drifting out to sea on an inflatable paddleboard.


A rescue operation was launched after a member of the public reported a parachutist in the sea. It turned out to be a Spider-Man balloon.

Drizzle failed to dampen the generosity of people in Redcar as the town’s lifeboat day raised over £2700 for the RNLI.

The wedding reception of Cullercoats RNLI helmsman Ben Bradshaw and his new wife Kim was interrupted by a call out. 

The RNLI has issued a warning after teenagers were spotted tombstoning from a pier on the North Tyneside coast in the hot weather.


Lifeboat crews were involved in six rescues including a woman with a head injury after a yacht ran aground.

The RNLI is urging people to fight their instincts to swim - and float instead - if they fall unexpectedly into water.

An 11-year-old boy has narrowly escaped serious injury after falling 20ft onto rocks near Cullercoats Bay.

Volunteers from Sunderland RNLI have rescued a woman from the banks of the River Wear after she dialled 999 to say she'd woken up there

Partly funded by the local community, the boat has come all the way from Pooole in Dorset.

RNLI crews were called to rescue two people from the roof of a car which was trapped by the tide at Holy Island  

The girlfriend of a teenager who died after a search and rescue operation in Sunderland has spoken of how she tried to save him. 

It comes after a 17-year-old died after being rescued from the sea off the Sunderland coast.