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The Porthcawl Fashion and Food Festival 2018 is due to start from Monday 3rd September with the first event being held at The Saltwater Inn. This is the first of its kind for Porthcawl and the events will take place in a variety of locations in Porthcawl town; including independent restaurants, shops, bars, cafes, the

The BBC series Saving Lives at Sea, demonstrating the lifesaving work of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI), will once again be hitting TV screens from Tuesday 21 August 2018. Broadcast at 8pm on BBC2, the series will once again feature footage captured by volunteers from Porthcawl RNLI. The popular 10-part documentary series features real

Volunteer lifeboat crews have launched lifeboats at Porthcawl over eighty times already this year. This is well ahead of any previous year in the station's history. Lifeboat Operations Manager, Philip Missen, commented, ‘The number of ‘shouts’ we have launched for so far this year is unprecedented. The hot weather has added to some incidents but

The event organised by just three RNLI volunteer crew to support Wales’s ‘Year of the Sea’ saw the town’s Cosy Corner, slipway and breakwater area full of various rescue organisations stands and equipment. With brilliant weather the event which centred on Porthcawl’s RNLI lifeboat station attracted thousands of visitors to the area. Amongst those organisations

At 8.10pm yesterday evening (Tues 24/07/18) - Porthcawl and Barry Dock RNLI lifeboats launched to a 53ft yacht which had made a MAYDAY call as it was taking on water south of Nash Point. Porthcawl’s Atlantic 85 lifeboat, Rose of the Shires, was launched and located the casualty yacht about 5 miles south west of Nash

The weekend proved a busy time for Porthcawl RNLI Lifeboat volunteers. At 19:21 on Saturday evening the crew received an ‘immediate launch’ page from UK Coastguard Agency at Milford. This followed reports of a casualty in difficulties in the sea near the town’s breakwater. It is thought a member of the public reported the sighting

Volunteers at Porthcawl RNLI are busy making final preparations for their exciting RescueFest event to be held on Sunday 22nd July. #RescueFest2018 takes place the day after Porthcawl Carnival Day meaning there are family friendly activities taking place in Porthcawl all weekend. RescueFest will feature exciting RNLI lifeboat rescue demonstrations including one with the Coastguard

The RNLI is delighted to announce that it has been named Host City Community Partner of the round the world yacht race stopover, which comes to Cardiff between 27 May – 10 June. The race started last October and the Cardiff stopover will signal one of the final legs before the race finishes in The

UK Coastguard requested the launch of our lifeboats at 15:43 after receiving multiple 999 calls. Waves were starting to break over the rock and the rescue was time critical before the rock would be covered by the incoming tide. Porthcawl's D Class Lifeboat 'Jean Ryall' was manoeuvred between rocks in order to effect the rescue. A crewman

Helmsman Chris Page has received a very special invitation. He will be one of 1200 public guests at the wedding of the marriage of His Royal Highness Prince Henry of Wales and Ms. Meghan Markle. Lifeboat operations manager Phil Missen said, ’It is a great honour to have one of our crew members representing Porthcawl