Tynemouth Volunteer Life Brigade (TVLB) was called to check on the welfare of those on board a boat from which the flare had ...

Surprise! Gender reveal party’s pink flare mistaken for marine emergency - Tynemouth Volunteer Life Brigade was called out to ...

A gender reveal boat party took an unexpected turn when a pink flare was mistaken for a distress signal, sparking a huge emergency response by nearby rescue teams. The skipper of the boat was ...

When the brigade arrived, they learned that the flare had actually been pink in colour, and the boat's crew had been helping an expectant couple reveal the gender of their baby. A spokesperson for ...

An emergency call-out prompted by a red flare being spotted above the mouth of the River Tyne turned out to be a pyrotechnic that had been let off at a "gender reveal" party. Tynemouth Volunteer ...