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Yahoo
21 hours ago
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- Yahoo
RNLI called to rescue six people at two beaches
Six people have been rescued during two incidents on the same afternoon. RNLI Hunstanton was alerted at about 17:00 BST on Saturday to reports of three young women cut off by the tide on a sandbank off the Norfolk town. Then just 45 minutes later the crew went out to a man, woman and a child cut off by the tide at Scolt Head, near Brancaster. A spokesperson for RNLI Hunstanton said all six people were taken "safely ashore". The rescues came after a boy was saved on a live TV report after he was cut off by the tide at Wells-next-the-Sea on Friday. Follow Norfolk news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X. Boy's sea rescue captured on live TV report Forty people rescued in a day despite tide warning Beachgoers warned of 'incredibly hazardous' tides Beachgoers urged to check tide times after rescues RNLI


BBC News
21 hours ago
- Climate
- BBC News
RNLI Hunstanton called to rescue six people at two beaches
Six people have been rescued during two incidents on the same afternoon. RNLI Hunstanton was alerted at about 17:00 BST on Saturday to reports of three young women cut off by the tide on a sandbank off the Norfolk town. Then just 45 minutes later the crew went out to a man, woman and a child cut off by the tide at Scolt Head, near Brancaster. A spokesperson for RNLI Hunstanton said all six people were taken "safely ashore". The rescues came after a boy was saved on a live TV report after he was cut off by the tide at Wells-next-the-Sea on Friday. Follow Norfolk news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.