Lyme Regis Lifeboat week has for years enjoyed shows by the Red Arrows and the RAF Falcons. These have been free as a thank you for the contribution of the RNLI to the RAF's Air Sea Rescue efforts.
Now the ASR is being contracted out, the RAF apparently has no more need to say thank you in this way.
The press release says (if I understand it right) that the fees being waived this year are £ 12,184 for the Arrows and £ 2,939 for the Falcons. The fees would be payable next year and are set to rise.
The charity week net takings seem to have settled at £ 25,000 give or take. So the organisers have said for next year Thanks but No Thanks.
By another little step the service's image, like that of the Cheshire Cat, is diminishing.