Article: Town rallies round lifeboat.

A SPECIAL evening of entertainment, food and drink will be held on the Grand Turk on 22 December to raise money to replace the engine stolen from Whitby Lifeboat last week.

Ian Macdougal, captain of the Grand Turk, was moved to act after reading about the sickening theft of equipment during a break-in at Coates Marine.

Capt Macdougal said: "I read the article in the Gazette with an immense amount of anger.

"Straightaway I phoned Pete Thomson and offered him use of the boat for free to raise some cash.

"I am a great supporter of the lifeboats - these are exceptional circumstances and need something exceptional to be done about it."

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