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Plymouth lifeboats among the busiest as RNLI sees 24% rise in summer incidents

Prolonged sunshine and the hottest summer for seven years (according to the Met Office) kept RNLI teams across the south west busy this summer.

Provisional statistics released by the charity for the period June, July and August show a 24% increase in incidents for RNLI lifeguards, and lifeboat crews attending 652 rescues.

RNLI lifeguards dealt with 10,615 incidents across the...

‘Goodness Gracious Great Balls of Fire’ charity event!

Staff at a Plymouth secondary school got a rare chance to step in to a fire fighter’s boots for the night after winning a drill evening at a recent fundraising event.

As part of The Fire Fighters Charity 70th Anniversary celebrations, a charity May Ball was held in Saltash to raise funds for the RNLI and the Chernobyl Children’s Lifeline charity, Sunflowers.

Two Stoke Damerel...

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