Warning against 'tombstoning' risks
The RNLI is warning people who dive off cliffs - also known as 'tombstoning' - that they are risking their lives.
RNLI Loveboat
An RNLI lifeboat crew helped a young groom-to-be propose to his girlfriend at Criccieth pier.
Work underway on new Mumbles boathouse
Work has started on a new multi-million pound boathouse for the RNLI in Mumbles.
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"Welcome disruption" of dolphins for Aberystwyth RNLI
A routine exercise on Sunday for Aberystwyth's RNLI volunteers provoked interest from a pod of dolphins.
The RNLI described them as "a spectacular sight", adding they provided a "welcome disruption".
Dolphins come out to play in Aberystwyth
A routine exercise on Sunday for Aberystwyth's RNLI volunteers provoked interest from a pod of dolphins.
They appeared keen to play alongside the station's Atlantic lifeboat.
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St David's new lifeboat will make 'a big difference'
The new Tamar lifeboat will replace the Tyne-class Garside boat which has been in service at St Davids since 1988.
The Garside has launched 329 times since then, saved 79 lives and rescued 339 people.
Porthdinllaen have already received their new boat and their coxswain Mike Davies told ITV News' Lorna Prichard that the heavier boat means the crew can "go faster in rougher weather actually and that makes a big difference as well."
Replacement lifeboat will be bigger and faster
The new Tamar lifeboat will replace the Tyne-class Garside boat which has been in service at St Davids since 1988.
The Garside has launched 329 times since then, saved 79 lives and rescued 339 people.
The new lifeboat has a computerised system that allows crew members to control many functions from their seats.
It also has advanced ergonomics to reduce the impact on the crew as the lifeboat crashes through waves, and carries a powered smaller boat that can be deployed immediately.
RNLI: New lifeboat will 'help us to save more lives'
– Dai John, St Davids RNLI CoxswainBringing the new lifeboat home to St Davids for the very first time will be an incredibly proud moment for me.
This really is a fantastic boat and I have every confidence that she will serve us well and help us to save more lives off the Pembrokeshire coast.
For the RNLI crew, safety is paramount and this is a lifeboat which has been very carefully designed to enable volunteers to go to sea in the safest possible way.
It is also faster than our current Tyne class lifeboat and has many features that will aid search and rescue.
New £2.7m high-tech lifeboat for St Davids
A new £2.7m lifeboat for St Davids in Pembrokeshire is due to arrive there this afternoon.
It is a high-tech Tamar lifeboat, and has been named RNLB Norah Wortley.
It is the third of four new RNLI lifeboats to launch, costing more than £10.8m in total, following Moelfre and Porthdinllaen, and ahead of Mumbles.
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Moelfre lifeboat retires after 412 rescues
An RNLI lifeboat that has rescued 412 people and saved the lives of almost 100 in its 25-year career is being put into well-deserved retirement.
The Tyne class lifeboat Robert & Violet that started its service at Moelfre in Anglesey in 1988 will be replaced by The Tamar - Kiwi.
The old will meet the new today as the Tyne sails out into the bay to welcome home the modern vessel when it arrives from the RNLI Headquarters in Dorset.
Capsized canoeist rescued from freezing waters
Porthcawl RNLI has rescued a man suffering from the early stages of hypothermia after his canoe capsized in freezing waters off Sker Beach.
Swansea coastguard received a Mayday call from a fishing boat stating they had rescued the canoeist from the water.
RNLI crews were dispatched to bring the man from the fishing boat back to the lifeboat station, where his condition was stabilised until an ambulance arrived.
RNLI Helmsman Simon Emms said: "It was a good job that the crew of the fishing boat spotted the canoeist in the water when they did. If he had been in the freezing water for a few minutes longer, the outcome would have been totally different."
Porthcawl RNLI volunteers awarded Gallantry medals
Two RNLI volunteers at Porthcawl life station who rescued a woman from a swollen river are to be awarded Gallantry medals *- *one of the Institution's highest accolade.
Helmsman Chris Missen and Paul Eastment were working with a flood rescue team when they saved Vanessa Glover of Devon who was holding onto tree branches.
Chris Missen says being awarded a Gallantry medal is a great honour.
RNLI: Welsh lifeboat crews 'spent nearly 11,000 hours' at sea in 2012
Figures released today show lifeboat crews across Wales spent 10,993 hours at sea in 2012.
The busiest lifeboat station in Wales in 2012 was Trearddur Bay with 65 launches, compared with 55 in 2011.
The volunteer RNLI crew at Rhyl rescued the most people in Wales (80 people), with the inshore lifeboat rescuing 62 people and the all-weather RNLI lifeboat rescuing 18 people.
The expertise of Welsh crews was also called upon during the June floods in West Wales, as well as around St Asaph in November.
The RNLI crew at Borth spent more time at sea than any other station in North Wales, with a total of 765 hours at sea in 2012. Aberdovey's crew spent 353 hours in action - both stations participating in the search for missing schoolgirl April Jones.
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