Coastguard service providers have been shocked by the UK Government's decision to slash the country's coastguard stations from 18 to just three operational full time. The round the clock stations will be at Aberdeen, Dover and Southampton/ Portsmouth, with a further five 'daylight only' stations surviving at Swansea, Falmouth, Humber, either Belfast or Liverpool, and either Stornoway or Shetland. A small station on the River Thames in London will also remain.
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