Customers at Fiveways Co-op, Burnham on Crouch will notice a difference when they pop in for a loaf of bread over the weekend. Staff members will dress up in fancy dress to help raise funds for the local Lifeboat Stations Floating Boathouse Appeal. Meg Crawford, Co-op staff member and organiser of the event said “The theme of the event is…

Walter Jenkins, Burnham RNLI Treasurer and Chairman of  the Floating Boathouse Appeal Committee collected a welcome boost to the target total this week, from the 2009 Burnham Carnival Queen. The Burnham on Crouch Carnival Committee rules state that they do not give donations to National Charities,  however as this year Burnham RNLI are appealing…

Two crew members of Burnham on Crouch Lifeboat Station assisted Police and Ambulance crews in recovering the body of a gentleman found in the water at Burnham Yacht Harbour. The Crew members, who included an off duty Police Paramedic, were the last members leaving the station, when they were called upon to assist the other emergency services. It…

Launched 20:25, Rehoused 22:15 The Lifeboat was launched to reports of a vessel which had run aground and was unsure of her position near to Cockleshell Ridge. The 26ft motor boat was  located on a sand bank approximately 100m from the waters edge. A crew member walked to the vessel and stayed with the people on board until she refloated. She…