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Firm fined £150k over pool injury
The owner of a caravan park is fined £150,000 after a boy was left with severe brain injuries after being found in a pool.
Fundraisers pay for stolen radios
Charity fundraisers in Devon say they are to give £1,500 to a Cornish RNLI lifeguard team to replace stolen communications equipment.
RNLI step up summer beach patrols
Lifeguards step up beach patrols across the south west of England as the start of the summer gets under way.
Surfing champion joins lifeguards
A woman surfing champion is set to swap catching waves for saving lives, as she joins a real-life 'Baywatch' team.
New RNLI lifeguards start patrols
Teams of RNLI lifeguards begin patrols on Bridlington's two beaches, and will start work in Hornsea and Withernsea next month.
Thieves take RNLI beach equipment
Thieves break into a lifeguard unit on in a beach in Cornwall and steal radios and binoculars worth £1,500, the RNLI says.
RNLI beach safety scheme extended
The RNLI extends its lifeguard scheme to cover some of Wales' popular beaches after it proved a success last year.
RNLI fills village sea rescue gap
The RNLI is putting lifeguards at a Devon coastal village left without cover by a coastguard rescue boat.
Lifeguards blamed for pool injury
A father tells a jury how he blames lifeguards for the "catastrophic brain injury" his son suffered at a swimming pool.
Boy suffered brain injury at pool
A court hears how a seven-year-old boy was left with a "catastrophic brain injury" after falling into a swimming pool.
Rescued boys' mother 'shopping'
Two young children were found neck deep in an incoming tide on a Wirral beach while their parents were shopping, lifeguards say.
Wedding rescue for surfing couple
A bride and groom from Cornwall who took a break from their reception to go surfing become caught in a rip current.
RNLI lifeguards arrive on beaches
RNLI lifeguards have begun new patrols at beaches in Scarborough, Filey and Whitby.
RNLI providing beach lifeguards
RNLI beach lifeguards have begun new patrols at beaches in Teignmouth and Dawlish Warren in south Devon.
Angler rescuers win RNLI medals
Two Cornish lifeguards are to get medals for their "gallantry" in saving an angler who was washed from rocks into the sea.
Seaside rescue boat up for sale
A safety boat used by lifeguards to patrol a busy beach in East Sussex over the last decade is up for sale.
RNLI lifeguards save council cash
Council in the North East are to save thousands of pounds a year by getting a charity to cover lifeguard duty on their beaches.
Replica lifeguard hoodies dropped
A chain of Cornish shops replaces its replica lifeguard hoodies with a new design after safety concerns.
'Banned' lifeguard dog reinstated
A lifeguard dog banned from patrolling a Cornwall beach because of health and safety rules is to be reinstated into his old job.
RNLI increases beach patrol cover
Beaches in Teignmouth and Dawlish Warren will be patrolled by RNLI beach lifeguards from May.


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