LIFEBOAT PHOEBE MAKES WAVES

Engineering graduate leads band of women landing key roles

- SARAH WARD

THE RNLI has announced the appointment of its first full-time female mechanic in Scotland on International Women's Day.

Phoebe Douglas, 23, will be responsible for maintaining two lifeboats and other vehicles at Dunbar Lifeboat Station in East Lothian, as well as serving on the crew, once she is fully trained.

The mechanical engineering graduate, originally from Yorkshire, has previously fundraised for the RNLI and is an experienced sailor as well as a qualified dinghy instructor and skipper.

She will be looking after the station's inshore lifeboat, tractor and Land Rover at Dunbar and the all-weather lifeboat, boarding boat and launching davit at nearby Torness Power Station.