Jess Harvey says she is delighted to have passed training and her next goal is to be a helm.
A lifeboat station has recruited its first ever woman volunteer crew member in its 170-year history.
Ms Harvey said she was delighted and said her new goal was to become the station's first female helm. Ms Harvey said: "I've lived in Newbiggin all my life and my dad used to go fishing and was always telling me about safety around the sea.
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