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A long-serving member of the lifeboat service is to hang up his lifejacket and retire from his current role after 40 years helping to save lives.

A narrow sand tidal island called Spurn in Yorkshire was featured in BBC’s Seven Natural Wonders in 2005 - here is some background on how it was formed.

The co-owners of an oil tanker involved in a collision with a cargo ship in the North Sea have released the first picture of some of the crew and praised their "exceptional bravery".The Stena ...

Nurdles are 1-5 millimetre pellets of plastic resin used in plastics production. They are not toxic but can damage wildlife if ingested ...

An extensive search of a river has concluded after earlier reports a body had been spotted in the water. Police, fire, ambulance and the coastguard searched a stretch of the River Medway at 2.22pm ...

Males of the South American species incubate their young in their vocal sacs. The London Zoo recently established a breeding ...

Troon's RNLI lifeboat was called out at the weekend after reports of a "person in difficulty" in the water at Barassie Bay.

In January 1940, the destroyer HMS Exmouth was hit by a torpedo, and sank with the loss of all crew on board. Now, thanks to ...

After 132 years, the final resting place of the 300-foot steel steamer Western Reserve has been discovered roughly 60 miles northwest of Whitefish Point in Lake Superior. The Great Lakes Shipwreck ...

The only survivor was Wheelsman Harry W. Stewart of Algonac, Michigan. According to a report in the Chicago Tribune on Sept. 3, 1892, when Stewart reached shore, he walked 12 miles to the nearest life ...