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"Volunteers are the bread and butter of HM Coastguard" - we mark the 200th birthday of HM Coastguard

It's time to wish a very happy birthday to Her Majesty's Coastguard - and for this one, you're going to need a lot of candles!

It's been exactly 200 years since the service was formed, and events are taking place across the UK today to help mark the occasion.

Drew Parkinson and Pete Kenny are both involved with the Coastguard in Cornwall - and have been speaking to our weekend presenter Jack Murley.

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