More than 80 lives were saved in 2024 by lifeboat crews and lifeguards in the South West. Data from the RNLI shows volunteer lifeboats were launched 1,475 times while lifeguards responded to 6,892 incidents, helping 9,178 people over the course of the year. A combined 82 lives were saved in the region by the two...
A Devon lifeboat was put into action while returning home after having maintenance carried out. Exmouth RNLI said its volunteers were on board the R&J Welburn, which had been in Poole, Dorset, for a few months for scheduled repairs, when it received a call from HM Coastguard to assist in a search for a missing...
