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RNLI saved 355 lives in 2023 as charity launches fundraising campaign

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The Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) has revealed its crews and lifeguards saved 355 lives in 2023, as the charity launched a fundraising campaign in its 200th year.

Its lifeboats were launched 9,192 times last year across the UK and , making it the RNLI’s second-busiest year of the past decade, according to its

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