Advice from the RNLI as weather improves
Anyone planning to head out to sea as the weather gets warmer is being urged to take extra precautions.
The RNLI responded to an increasing number of callouts last year compared to 2023.
Around the Island 53 people were assisted by the lifeboat charity; the majority involving power boats, sailing vessels or manual watercraft – such as paddleboards and kayaks.
Stuart Blackley from Peel Lifeboat Station has this advice:
Steam Packet changes schedule to avoid low water ahead of harbour dredging
DOI confirms five-day dredging programme to begin next week
Manx Care spends more than £400,000 with off-Island recruitment firms
FoI reveals cost since healthcare provider came into being in 2021
£2.2m of taxpayers' money used to support King William's College
'Repayable grant' awarded as part of DfE's Financial Assistance Scheme
'Around 30' breast cancer patients affected by service disruption, so far
Health minister gives update as locum takes 'unplanned absence'
