The Packet report:

Falmouth coastguard was understaffed for more than half of shifts last summer, according to the PCS Union.

The figures released via a Freedom of Information request suggest that from May to September 2012 the station was understaffed 50 per cent of the time.

Calling it “deeply troubling” PCS general secretary Mark Serwotka said: “It is truly shocking that coastguard stations are so regularly running below safe levels and this must be addressed as a priority.

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Matthew Burgess
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I am a journalist and author. I am a journalist at the UK edition of WIRED magazine. In 2015, my first book Freedom of Information: A Practical Guide for UK Journalists, was published. My second book Reed Hastings: Building Netflix, was published in March 2020. I created FOI Directory in 2012 and have maintained it in my spare time ever since.