Lifeboat weddings: when David and Anne Richards were married in September an archway of oars was held aloft for them.

David is a crew member of Exmouth's D class inflatable lifeboat and his RNLI colleagues were there to do him proud. Furthest oarbearer on the right is Angus 'Kipper' Sargeant who himself was married three weeks earlier when, much to the astonishment of his bride Jill, after the reception, she was whisked away for a trip in the relief Brede class lifeboat, Merchant Navy..