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The pub held charity auctions and regular fundraising through the pub’s popular ‘Winging It Wednesdays’, where weekly games give customers the chance to win up to £1,000 while raising money for good causes.

'Our regulars are incredible': Pontefract pub raises more than £14K for charity

A popular sea shanty crew lead a boozy sunset sing-along outside an RNLI station

Watch sea shanty crew's boozy sunset sing-along outside RNLI station

Met Office weather map for Thursday (May 1) shows high temperatures forecast.

Watch: Met Office map turns red as temperatures to surge in UK

A person preparing to rescue a badger from a 100 metre drop

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A 102-year-old lady skydiving with an instructor

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RNLI preparing to rescue passengers on a yacht

Dramatic sea rescues: RNLI saves lives

Lydney Town AFC players swim in flooded pitch

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RNLI rescue dog after 14ft fall into river

Caught on Camera: Dog rescued by RNLI after falling 14ft into river

Dramatic footage shows the terrifying moment huge waves crashed into a yacht- seconds before rescue.

Terrifying moment yacht gets slammed by huge waves in dramatic rescue

RNLI rescue climber who fell 12m off a cliff

Dramatic footage shows RNLI rescue climber who fell 12m off a cliff

Windsurfer is rescued by RNLI after boom snapped.

Watch: Windsurfer is rescued by RNLI after boom snapped

Carl and his uncle’s dog, Ringo, were walking on the beach when they became cut off by the rapidly rising tide.

Dramatic video shows RNLI rescue man and dog from drowning

An ice cream van that has been washed out to sea, Harlyn Bay beach, North Cornwall. Images were captured of the incident at around 4pm by holidaymaker Abi Fisk, who runs Vintage Mary store.

Watch the dramatic moment an ice cream van was swept out to sea

RNLI rescue dog after 14ft fall into river

Watch: Moment RNLI rescue dog after 14ft fall into river

RNLI heroes rescue stranded humpback whale.

Watch: RNLI heroes rescue stranded humpback whale

Footage capturing a dog walker being airlifted to safety after falling from a coastal path in Cornwall.

Watch: Dog walker rescued after falling into the sea
Dramatic footage shows the moment a dog walker was airlifted to safety - after falling into the sea.
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Adorable Newfoundland dogs during their water rescue training sessions.

Video: How these giant dogs are trained to save kids from drowning

Catherine & Debbie who co-ordinate the weekly Clothes Swap

Slimmers' Swishing Fundraiser

Two hundred years of lifesaving and bravery by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) will be marked during an evening of music and story-telling at a choir concert at Wakefield Cathedral.

Choir concert to mark RNLI 200th anniversary at Wakefield Cathedral

Incredible footage shows rowers rescued by RNLI after being stranded

The RNLI has warned that conditions around coasts could be treacherous as Storm Agnes prepares to hit the country. (Credit: Getty Images)

Breaking UK braces as Storm Agnes prepares for landfall

Dolphins swim alongside RNLI lifeboat in Whitby, North Yorkshire.

Watch: Dolphins swim alongside lifeboat off UK seaside town

Over 50 people have been rescued after a migrant boat sunk in the Channel on Saturday morning

Breaking Six dead and 50 rescued after migrant boat sinks in Channel

Driver of a van was left red faced after it floated out to sea

You can’t park there: RNLI rush to save van floating out to sea

A teenager has died after getting in to trouble in the sea at Aberavon beach

Breaking Boy, 15, dies after getting into difficulty in the sea at Port Talbot

RNLI coastguards with their new apprentice ‘Quackers'

Warning about inflatables as men float out to sea on giant duck

MV Pentalina had been out of passenger service apart from some brief private contracts since 2019.

Breaking Ferry runs aground with baby on board after smoke in engine room
Orkney Ferry, MV Pentalina, ran aground with 60 people on board, including a baby, after smoke was detected in the engine room.
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A Dover to Calais Irish Ferries passenger vessel carrying almost 200 people was rescued after fire broke out.

Lifeboats launched after fire breaks out on passenger ferry in Channel

The scene in East India Harbour, Greenock

Major search operation resumes after boat capsizes near Greenock

An RNLI life boat arrives back in port after taking part in a rescue mission in the English Channel.

Four people dead after small boat incident in English Channel

Dolphins spotted in UK waters as pod swim happily alongside RNLI boat - watch video taken of sighting

Dolphins spotted swimming alongside RNLI rescue boat

Ossett Gala was back for 2022! (photos Bruce Fitzgerald)

14 photos from Ossett Gala as it returns for its 31st year

Starting at his Wakefield home on 1 March, David Holdsworth aims to drive an average of 87 miles per day in his Volkswagen Campervan T6.

Wakefield pensioner to fundraise for RNLI in memory of his late mum

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