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Brave volunteers from the RNLI launched in “screaming wind” and 85mph gusts to a rescue off the coast of Cornwall.

An unconscious woman and a missing person resulted in a busy night for West Cornwalls volunteer emergency services last night.

A lifeboat station in Cornwall has announced one of its members will be taking up a new post after the passing of a much-loved member of its crew.

PENLEE lifeboat has been remembering a rescue 21 years ago today which resulted in the coxwain receiving a letter of commendation for his skill and…

Tributes have been paid to a full of fun former Penlee lifeboat crewman who has died aged just 50 leaving behind a wife and two children. It was announced on the Penlee Lifeboats Facebook page that Spencer Robertson had crossed the bar leaving behind his wife Rosie and daughters Polly and Lucy. Mr Spencer was an experienced seaman and served as a lifeboat crew member for ten years but spent most of his life as fisherman. The post on Facebook said: "It is with great sadness that we are a...

A PADDLE boarder out enjoying a Christmas Eve paddle at lunchtime had to be rescued after being blown out to sea by strong offshore winds. Penlee lifeboat Ivan Allen was launched at 12:21 today after being contacted by the Falmouth Coastguard. The paddle boarder was picked up a few hundred yards from St Michaels Mount where he had been blown in a southerly direction with a strong offshore wind of force 6 to 7. He was reported as being cold and wet and was wrapped in blankets before being ...