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A new coastwatch station designed to save lives at sea has been targeted by vandals six times since it opened in May. Equipment from the National Coastwatch Institution (NCI) station on the promenade at Winterstoke Gardens in Ramsgate was taken and damaged following the latest break-in on Friday. Thieves stole vital VHF radio communications equipment used by the charity’s volunteers to alert the Coastguard when people are in difficulty leading to fear lives could be put at risk. Paul Waterman, station manager at NCI Ramsgate, said: “We are all volunteers sharing the same mission which is to ke…

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