The appeal to raise £1 million towards the cost of a new Tamar class lifeboat for Angle has now topped £270,000. The lifeboat is already under construction at Green Marine's Lymington yard in Hampshire, and is scheduled to go into service at Angle next July. Work on adapting the Angle boathouse for the new Tamar will begin in the autumn. Fund-raising is centred on Birmingham, where the appeal was launched, and RNLI area fund-raising manager, Bev Rosser-Smith, told Angle lifeboat station's annual general meeting that major contributions from Pembrokeshire and South Wales have so far raised £14,300 towards the total. Among the contributors were Jo Lynas and Alycia Ball, of Angle, with sponsorship for their Dangle for Angle challenge at Fort Dunlop, Birmingham; the recent ball at Folly Farm; a millennium collection at Penarth, Cardiff and Newport; the Porthcawl mayor's charity fund, and Pembroke and Saundersfoot Rotary Clubs. Four of Angle's volunteer lifeboat crew members, Mark Lynas, Mark Roch, Mervyn Lunn and Luke Richards, took part in the Birmingham by the Sea event, the culmination of the city's Lifeboat Week, which raised a total of £7,300 for the Tamar appeal. The sponsored Pembrokeshire Coast Path walk by West Midlands RNLI supporters realised a further £3,000. Angle's lifeboat operations manager, John Allen- Mirehouse, paid tribute at the meeting to Chevron, which provides free fuel for the station. Among donations to Angle lifeboat were those in memory of Mrs. Jean Williams, The Globe, Angle; Mrs. Irene Rees, Hilton Farm, Rhoscrowther; and Mr. Benny Rees, retired second coxswain, of Angle. He also welcomed Major George Hancock to the role of temporary treasurer, following the illness of the station's treasurer, Lieutenant Colonel Johnny Bulkeley.