Dogger, Fisher, German Bight: shipping forecast celebrates 150 years

The maritime service launched in 1867 and is still 'vital' to seafarers, says the RNLI, despite new sources of weather dataConsternation, mourning and national soul-searching greeted the temporary silencing of Big Ben last week, but at least another favourite fixture of the nightly and early morning radio is to continue. The hymnal cadences of Viking, North Utsire, South Utsire, through Shannon, Rockall, Malin all the way to south-east Iceland, will be heard as usual on Thursday, as the shipping forecast celebrates 150 years of uninterrupted service. Continue reading...