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A Portrush lifeboatman is to be awarded a bravery medal for rescuing two boys from a cave last August.

Anthony Chambers (50) is to be awarded the Royal National Lifeboat Institution's (RNLI) bronze medal for gallantry for rescuing the two 14-year-old boys who were trapped by the rising tide in a cliff cave near Castlerock Strand on August 5th, 2009.