The RNLI crew had to contend with choppy seas and strong winds during the three-and-a-half-hour operation to tow the 80-tonne vessel into harbour.

BBC: Lifeboat (gen)

In the booking hall at Ilkley station, young mother Ruth Kitcher, with lively three-year-old Evangeline and nine-month-old Phoenix in tow, supported Mr Johnson's view of the station's positive contribution to Ilkley life.

BBC: The Beeching report: How railway cuts divided Yorkshire

As FORBES GLOBAL went to press, some 30 of Latin America's richest and most influential businessmen, and one businesswoman--many with their sons or nephews in tow--gathered in Mexico City for a three-day gabfest.

FORBES: Latin America's billionaires talk things over.