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Story summary
- RNLI rescued a family of five from the Holy Island causeway after Humber Coastguard alert.
- RNLI deployed a helicopter and Coastguard teams from Seahouses, Berwick and Holy Island.
- RNLI urged motorists to check safe crossing times because tides rise rapidly on the causeway.
- Nigel Farage alleged the RNLI operates as a “taxi service for illegal trafficking gangs.”
- Volunteer Paula Lain told the BBC RNLI responds to distress without political considerations.
