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RUNNERS will gather at Llandudno Lifeboat Station for a beachside running relay.

A MAN ran to three RNLI stations along the North Wales coast to raise much-needed funds for the charity. Rob Batterbee completed the 19-mile route, which began at Conwy Lifeboat Station at 9am, in under three hours on Saturday, May 1. It formed part of the RNLI's Mayday Campaign, which encourages members of the public to carry out fundraisers with a difference so that life-saving volunteers can receive up-to-date equipment. Rob crossing the line at Rhyl RNLI Station. Picture: Paul Frost/RNLI Mr Batterbee ran from Conwy through Llandudno Junction, Deganwy and Penrhyn Bay to Llandudno ...

Menu   Rhyl volunteers joining Mayday Mile as part of campaign as RNLI release figures showing dramatic rise in lives saved Scores of people turn out to greet Rhyl Lifeboat’s new £2.2m Shannon in 2019. Picture: Don Jackson-Wyatt RNLI lifesavers saved 24 people between June and August, compared with 14 lives the previous year. The latest annual statistics show that in 2020, RNLI volunteer crews at the 30 lifeboat stations - between Flint and Penarth - launched 918 times, aided 991 people and saved 36 lives. During the summer, RNLI lifeguards on beaches in South Wales, Wes...

A CHARITY has revealed more people in Wales needed help from lifeboats last year than ever before. The RNLI in Wales has today, Monday, released its annual rescue figures which show how many lives saved by lifeboat crews during the summer of 2020. As lockdown restrictions eased and people flocked to the Welsh coast, RNLI lifesavers rescued 24 people between June and August - compared with 14 lives the previous year. The latest statistics for 2020 show the RNLI’s volunteer crews at the 30 lifeboat stations between Flint and Penarth launched 918 times, aided 991 people and saved 36 li...