HM Coastguard coastal operations area commander Tom Wright on Southbourne beach in Dorset (Andrew Matthews/PA)

Coastguard celebrates 200 years of saving lives at sea

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Strictly champion Ore Oduba backs campaign to get older people dancing

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Veteran finishes 25th marathon in 25 days in memory of war dead

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Festival attendees amazed by spectacular rainbow laser projection

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Steam railway lights up for festive spectacular

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Retired doctor discovers dinosaur with ‘unusually large’ nose

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Jet suit display hints at future of armed forces

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Zoo turns poo into power to heat tropical house

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Victorian coin found under mast of Nelson’s flagship to go on display

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Bronze Age roundhouse recreated by military veterans unveiled

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Bletchley Park codebreaker awarded France’s highest honour

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No way! Lottery winner’s ‘goosebump-raising’ call released

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Oh yes we are! Panto stars excited for ‘back to normal’ Christmas show

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British Army crowns fittest soldiers after year-long Warrior contest

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Army major to trek 1,200 miles barefoot to fund gene therapy for daughter

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Major Mick brings his Tintanic rowing challenge to Scotland

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Triplets graduate together with first class degrees in same subject

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Pilot Zara, 19, aims to set solo round-the-world record in gap year challenge

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Veterans help reconstruct Bronze Age roundhouse

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‘Football widow’ wins £1m with lottery ticket bought out of boredom

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Street artist goes indoors to create immersive world for his characters

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Footprints of last dinosaurs on UK soil found close to white cliffs of Dover

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Fourth time lucky for Royal Navy couple forced to postpone wedding

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My boat will go on – charity hero Major Mick returns to the water in Tintanic II

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Zookeepers celebrate hatching of threatened Humboldt penguin chick

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Queen meets father and son serving aboard £3 billion warship

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‘Awe-inspiring’ white-tailed sea eagle arrives at UK nature park

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Vet’s delight after rescued seal returned to the wild

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Grandson presents ‘sweet shopping list’ after grandmother scoops £1 million Lotto jackpot

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Suspect ends up covered in mud after police chase through mudflats

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Van driver wins £1m on scratchcard: I couldn’t believe it was real

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‘Extinct in the wild’ oryx born at Hampshire zoo

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Lottery millionaires team up to build bird boxes for community wildlife project

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Veteran completes cycling charity challenge as he celebrates his century

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Windmill captured by JMW Turner restored thanks to renovation project

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Pioneering fighter pilot to feature in memorial to Sikhs killed in wars

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Rare mouse deer born at zoo weighing just 13 ounces

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Round-the-world solo sailor Pip Hare given ‘incredible’ home-coming reception

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