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Grateful thanks from Berwick-upon-Tweed RNLI for money raised by coffee morning

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Border Links held a recent coffee morning at Cornhill Village Hall to raise vital funds for Berwick-upon-Tweed RNLI.

Border Links handing over cheque to Berwick-upon-Tweed RNLI

RNLI/Hazel Bettison

Grateful thanks from Berwick-upon-Tweed RNLI

The event raised £182.90 for the charity.

Berwick-upon-Tweed RNLI's Lifeboat Operations Manager, Kevin Knox said: ‘This is a fantastic donation, the money you have raised will go to helping train our volunteer RNLI crew to be able to go safely out to save lives at sea.’

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