More than six times deadlier than the Titanic, yet rarely remembered. The sinking of the MV Wilhelm Gustloff claimed the lives of up to 9,000 people—mostly civilians—during the chaos of WWII’s final ...

In the icy chaos of the Baltic Sea during the final months of World War II, the cruise liner MV Wilhelm Gustloff attempted a ...

MONROE — Christopher Wilhelm, a former Bedford High School teacher and assistant football coach was sentenced in the 38th district court by Judge Daniel White to 60 months to 15 years in the ...

Both Redcar RNLI lifeboats were launched following the incident at 7.46pm on Sunday, April 13. The volunteer crew provided casualty care assessment on the beach after the person had been helped ...

A lifeboat crew fears lives could be put in danger due to delays caused by an emergency road bridge closure which has cut a south of Scotland town in two. The majority of Kirkcudbright's RNLI ...

A Suffolk lifeboat charity has received important recognition from the Coastguard just months after moving into its new home. Felixstowe Coast Patrol & Rescue, an independent lifeboat ...

The Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) saved twice as many lives in Scotland last year than in 2023, statistics showed. RNLI lifeboats saved 36 lives in 2024 after launching 1,182 times ...

"In well-practiced plans, lifeboat cover for the coastline is provided by groups of stations – volunteers always work together, beyond individual station boundaries, to provide cover for larger ...

While the work is carried out, the lifeboat will be stationed at Kirkcudbright Marina. Kirkcudbright Lifeboat operations manager, John Collins, said: “The boathouse has hardly changed since it ...

LOOKING backward we can see very clearly the monumental character of the discovery of the X-rays by Wilhelm Conrad Roöntgen in November 1895. This was truly the beginning of the ‘new physics ...

The first came at 2.20pm on Friday afternoon, while the all-weather lifeboat was out on exercise, when the Coastguard received a call reporting that paddleboarders were possibly in difficulty off ...