{"id":10648,"date":"2016-05-25T16:58:40","date_gmt":"2016-05-25T16:58:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/?p=10648"},"modified":"2016-05-25T16:58:40","modified_gmt":"2016-05-25T16:58:40","slug":"rnli-lifeguards-urge-visitors-to-stay-safe-on-barrys-blue-flag-beach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2016\/05\/25\/rnli-lifeguards-urge-visitors-to-stay-safe-on-barrys-blue-flag-beach\/","title":{"rendered":"RNLI lifeguards urge visitors to stay safe on Barry&#039;s Blue Flag beach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LIFEGUARDS at Barry Island are urging visitors to respect safety laws at the Vale of Glamorgan&#8217;s latest Blue Flag beach.<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10658\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10658\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/WhitmoreBay-1.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10658\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10658\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/WhitmoreBay-1.jpg\" alt=\"Barry Island's main beach was one of two Vale of Glamorgan locations to receive the prestigious Blue Flag award.\" width=\"740\" height=\"353\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10658\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10658\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/WhitmoreBay-1.jpg\" alt=\"Barry Island's main beach was one of two Vale of Glamorgan locations to receive the prestigious Blue Flag award.\" width=\"740\" height=\"353\" \/><\/noscript><\/a> Barry Island&#8217;s main beach was one of two in Vale of Glamorgan to receive the prestigious Blue Flag.<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nWhitmore Bay, Barry Island&#8217;s main beach, and Penarth Marina both received the prestigious Blue Flag as part of the Keep Wales Tidy Seaside Awards 2016.<br \/>\nAlan Wood, RNLI lifeguard at Whitmore Bay, said: &#8220;The award is\u00a0important for the town and resort because it will attract people to the beach.<br \/>\n&#8220;It will make us busier but that&#8217;s a good thing.\u00a0Look for the safety signs that are on the beach and \u00a0try and swim between the red and yellow flags.&#8221;<br \/>\n<iframe class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load\" title=\"Whitmore Bay, Blue Flag Beach\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"about:blank\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/r90FQkQW6Ps?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><noscript><iframe title=\"Whitmore Bay, Blue Flag Beach\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/r90FQkQW6Ps?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/noscript><br \/>\nThe Blue Flag award is given\u00a0to beaches, marinas and boats that have the highest quality of water, safety and services, environmental education and management.<br \/>\nIt is an international award\u00a0run by the Foundation of Environmental Education (FEE), guaranteeing beach quality in 49 countries across the globe.<br \/>\nVale of Glamorgan councillor, Gwyn John, cabinet member for Visible, Leisure and Regulatory Services, said: \u201cThe council is absolutely delighted to be able to announce that both Whitmore Bay at Barry Island and Penarth Marina will this year be flying blue flags in recognition of the high quality of the water at the resorts.<br \/>\n\u201cOur resort management and tourism teams work tirelessly all year round to make our seaside resorts attractions that the whole Vale can be proud of and these awards represent much deserved recognition of their hard work.<br \/>\n\u201cLast year saw over 300,000 visitors to Barry Island and with the resort continuing to go from strength to strength we expect even more on the promenade this year\u2026 and hopefully now a good number of those dipping their toes in the water too.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LIFEGUARDS at Barry Island are urging visitors to respect safety laws at the Vale of Glamorgan&#8217;s latest Blue Flag beach. Whitmore Bay, Barry Island&#8217;s main beach, and Penarth Marina both received the prestigious Blue Flag as part of the Keep Wales Tidy Seaside Awards 2016. Alan Wood, RNLI lifeguard at Whitmore Bay, said: &#8220;The award is\u00a0important for the town and resort because it will attract people to the beach. &#8220;It will make us busier but that&#8217;s a good thing.\u00a0Look for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":248,"featured_media":10669,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[292],"tags":[144,145,3631,3632,3348,427],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-10648","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-barry","tag-barry-island","tag-beaches","tag-blue-flag","tag-rnli","tag-vale-of-glamorgan"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>RNLI lifeguards urge visitors to stay safe on Barry&#039;s Blue Flag beach - The Cardiffian<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2016\/05\/25\/rnli-lifeguards-urge-visitors-to-stay-safe-on-barrys-blue-flag-beach\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"RNLI lifeguards urge visitors to stay safe on Barry&#039;s Blue Flag beach - The Cardiffian\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"LIFEGUARDS at Barry Island are urging visitors to respect safety laws at the Vale of Glamorgan&#8217;s latest Blue Flag beach. Whitmore Bay, Barry Island&#8217;s main beach, and Penarth Marina both received the prestigious Blue Flag as part of the Keep Wales Tidy Seaside Awards 2016. Alan Wood, RNLI lifeguard at Whitmore Bay, said: &#8220;The award is\u00a0important for the town and resort because it will attract people to the beach. &#8220;It will make us busier but that&#8217;s a good thing.\u00a0Look for [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2016\/05\/25\/rnli-lifeguards-urge-visitors-to-stay-safe-on-barrys-blue-flag-beach\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Cardiffian\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-05-25T16:58:40+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cathyduncan\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@cathyduncan\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cathyduncan\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2016\/05\/25\/rnli-lifeguards-urge-visitors-to-stay-safe-on-barrys-blue-flag-beach\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2016\/05\/25\/rnli-lifeguards-urge-visitors-to-stay-safe-on-barrys-blue-flag-beach\/\",\"name\":\"RNLI lifeguards urge visitors to stay safe on Barry&#039;s Blue Flag beach - The Cardiffian\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2016\/05\/25\/rnli-lifeguards-urge-visitors-to-stay-safe-on-barrys-blue-flag-beach\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2016\/05\/25\/rnli-lifeguards-urge-visitors-to-stay-safe-on-barrys-blue-flag-beach\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-05-25T16:58:40+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/#\/schema\/person\/41c76b1e66d8cf6e57cba8550c3772b1\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2016\/05\/25\/rnli-lifeguards-urge-visitors-to-stay-safe-on-barrys-blue-flag-beach\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2016\/05\/25\/rnli-lifeguards-urge-visitors-to-stay-safe-on-barrys-blue-flag-beach\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2016\/05\/25\/rnli-lifeguards-urge-visitors-to-stay-safe-on-barrys-blue-flag-beach\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"\",\"contentUrl\":\"\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2016\/05\/25\/rnli-lifeguards-urge-visitors-to-stay-safe-on-barrys-blue-flag-beach\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"RNLI lifeguards urge visitors to stay safe on Barry&#039;s Blue Flag beach\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/\",\"name\":\"The Cardiffian\",\"description\":\"Just another JOMEC Sites Network site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/#\/schema\/person\/41c76b1e66d8cf6e57cba8550c3772b1\",\"name\":\"cathyduncan\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/d4d0895f6e1f7ccb86d04236a870a18b\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7cd1b1b63598c25c15d3e0d390366ec2ba1c99865b1a23c34339be8c5c396a81?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7cd1b1b63598c25c15d3e0d390366ec2ba1c99865b1a23c34339be8c5c396a81?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"cathyduncan\"},\"description\":\"Lecturer, Cardiff University News Journalism MA. Bristolian based in Cardiff but Swansea Til I Die.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.cardiff.ac.uk\/people\/view\/381934-duncan-cathy\",\"https:\/\/uk.linkedin.com\/in\/cathy-duncan-6b91459\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/cathyduncan\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/author\/cathyduncan\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"RNLI lifeguards urge visitors to stay safe on Barry&#039;s Blue Flag beach - The Cardiffian","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2016\/05\/25\/rnli-lifeguards-urge-visitors-to-stay-safe-on-barrys-blue-flag-beach\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"RNLI lifeguards urge visitors to stay safe on Barry&#039;s Blue Flag beach - The Cardiffian","og_description":"LIFEGUARDS at Barry Island are urging visitors to respect safety laws at the Vale of Glamorgan&#8217;s latest Blue Flag beach. Whitmore Bay, Barry Island&#8217;s main beach, and Penarth Marina both received the prestigious Blue Flag as part of the Keep Wales Tidy Seaside Awards 2016. Alan Wood, RNLI lifeguard at Whitmore Bay, said: &#8220;The award is\u00a0important for the town and resort because it will attract people to the beach. &#8220;It will make us busier but that&#8217;s a good thing.\u00a0Look for [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2016\/05\/25\/rnli-lifeguards-urge-visitors-to-stay-safe-on-barrys-blue-flag-beach\/","og_site_name":"The Cardiffian","article_published_time":"2016-05-25T16:58:40+00:00","author":"cathyduncan","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@cathyduncan","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cathyduncan","Estimated reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2016\/05\/25\/rnli-lifeguards-urge-visitors-to-stay-safe-on-barrys-blue-flag-beach\/","url":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2016\/05\/25\/rnli-lifeguards-urge-visitors-to-stay-safe-on-barrys-blue-flag-beach\/","name":"RNLI lifeguards urge visitors to stay safe on Barry&#039;s Blue Flag beach - The Cardiffian","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2016\/05\/25\/rnli-lifeguards-urge-visitors-to-stay-safe-on-barrys-blue-flag-beach\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2016\/05\/25\/rnli-lifeguards-urge-visitors-to-stay-safe-on-barrys-blue-flag-beach\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"","datePublished":"2016-05-25T16:58:40+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/#\/schema\/person\/41c76b1e66d8cf6e57cba8550c3772b1"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2016\/05\/25\/rnli-lifeguards-urge-visitors-to-stay-safe-on-barrys-blue-flag-beach\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2016\/05\/25\/rnli-lifeguards-urge-visitors-to-stay-safe-on-barrys-blue-flag-beach\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2016\/05\/25\/rnli-lifeguards-urge-visitors-to-stay-safe-on-barrys-blue-flag-beach\/#primaryimage","url":"","contentUrl":""},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2016\/05\/25\/rnli-lifeguards-urge-visitors-to-stay-safe-on-barrys-blue-flag-beach\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"RNLI lifeguards urge visitors to stay safe on Barry&#039;s Blue Flag beach"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/#website","url":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/","name":"The Cardiffian","description":"Just another JOMEC Sites Network site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/#\/schema\/person\/41c76b1e66d8cf6e57cba8550c3772b1","name":"cathyduncan","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/d4d0895f6e1f7ccb86d04236a870a18b","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7cd1b1b63598c25c15d3e0d390366ec2ba1c99865b1a23c34339be8c5c396a81?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7cd1b1b63598c25c15d3e0d390366ec2ba1c99865b1a23c34339be8c5c396a81?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"cathyduncan"},"description":"Lecturer, Cardiff University News Journalism MA. Bristolian based in Cardiff but Swansea Til I Die.","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.cardiff.ac.uk\/people\/view\/381934-duncan-cathy","https:\/\/uk.linkedin.com\/in\/cathy-duncan-6b91459","https:\/\/x.com\/cathyduncan"],"url":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/author\/cathyduncan\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10648","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/248"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10648"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10648\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10648"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10648"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10648"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=10648"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}