VOLUNTEERS will patrol beaches across the country amid a shortage of lifeguards in scorching weekend sunshine.
Just 17 Royal National Lifeboat Institution teams will be out this, prompting fury towards managers. But 30 beaches will be patrolled by around 130 volunteers in Devon and Cornwall, Sussex, Norfolk and Northumberland. The volunteers are all fully-trained lifeguards who"know every nook and cranny" of their local beaches, and warn people against potentially life-threatening activities. Over the Bank Holiday weekend, they made over 700 interventions.
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