It has today been announced in the London Gazette that the charity National Coastwatch Institution at Needles Station has been honoured with the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service, the highest award a voluntary group can receive in the UK.… Read More...
Twelve qualified and trainee watchkeepers joined the second of a series of training events held last night in Yarmouth.
There were a number of plotting and chart exercises followed by some scenario training with practice using the radio.… Read More...
The station was honoured by a visit from the High Sheriff when he commissioned the new web cameras sited above The Needles.
The cameras were donated by Vision-Link Ltd and data connection charges are donated by Needles Pleasure Cruises.… Read More...
Yarmouth Old Gaffers Festival saw Needles NCI challenging the general public to predict a boat drift.
The scenario showed WHUPSY TWO (a small-draft fishing boat with a cabin) with broken steering and adrift but safe until help arrives in an hour.… Read More...
Volunteers from the Needles NCI were given the opportunity to visit the NMOC (National Maritime Operations Centre) in Fareham. Two groups made the visit in March and May of this year (2017).… Read More...
The Lord Lieutenant, Major General Martin White congratulates Tony Stables the Station Manager of Needles NCI on the recent successful re-assessment of their Declared Facility Status (DFS). … Read More...
Vox Pop and Rock Choir and Champagne Ladies will be performing at The Trinity Theatre in Cowes in aid of The Needles NCI on Saturday 6th August, 7-9p.m.… Read More...
Distress flares were spotted by watchkeepers in The Needles NCI Station at about 14.15 on Monday 18th July 2016. The flares were launched by 3 exhausted kayakers around 2 miles north west of The Needles Lighthouse.… Read More...
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