Last updated 19:44, Thursday, 17 July 2008

WORKINGTON’S RNLI lifeboat crew was called out in the early hours of Monday to attend a yacht in difficulty off Millom.BASSENTHWAITE School children excelled themselves with a production of Alice, The Musical. MARYPORT Settlement has opened up its multimedia suite to the public.

The privately-run Haverigg Inshore Rescue boat was not able to make it to the rescue of the 15-tonne Lindandy, so the Coastguard alerted the RNLI at St Bees, which launched its inshore lifeboat at 1.30am. Efforts to tow the boat were abandoned when Workington RNLI’s all-weather lifeboat, Sir John Fisher was called at 3.30am.

That boat, with four crew, then towed the yacht back into Whitehaven Harbour.

They performed the play twice last week and all children at the school had a part to play.

The infants took the roles of hedgehogs, dancing flowers, cards and courtiers.

The older juniors took the main speaking parts, with the role of Alice being shared between three young starlets in Genevieve Webzell, Christina Tully and Georgia Horsburgh. Jack Berry excelled as the Mad Hatter with a delightful solo.

Other soloists included Marianna Towler as the Caterpillar, Rory Towler as the White Rabbit, Shannon Gilmore as The Mock Turtle and Ellysia Sanderson as the Mouse.

The Queen of Hearts, played by Abbie Royle, threatened to chop off the heads of the audiences if they did not participate in a rendition of “The Croquet Song".

The play was brought together with superb narration by Ewan Clark as Lewis

The suite at the High Street venue will be open from 10am to 1pm on Wednesdays and Thursdays, allowing people to use the internet, write a CV or a letter; upload and print from digital camera, make photocopies or laminate documents.

There is a charge of £2 per session, which lasts for as long as is necessary, with an extra charge for printing.