Hartlepool RNLI lifeboat 'Betty Huntbatch' leaving Hartlepool and heading for Poole recently.

RNLI lifeboat crews were called out shortly after 10:00 BST when flares were fired from the boat off the coast of Hartlepool. Rescuers arrived within minutes to the 21ft (6.4m) fishing coble which ...

Hartlepool RNLI coxswain Robbie Maiden said he was "excited" and thankful for the new boat which would endeavour to ensure the safety of "the seafarers and people in Hartlepool along the coast".

But when that lifeboat suffered a partial engine failure, the Hartlepool boat The Scout was called out. RNLI/Tom Collins The Freja Svea got into difficulty off the coast of Redcar Mr Maiden was ...

Volunteers at Hartlepool RNLI station have said goodbye to a lifeboat which saved eight lives. The all weather lifeboat 'Betty Huntbatch' was used for 22 years to help people on the North East coast.