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RNLI called to rescue six people at two beaches

RNLI/Chris Bishop An orange hovercraft is on the water heading away from the camera. On the back, it has two hovercraft engines and a sign which says RNLI. RNLI/Chris Bishop
RNLI Hunstanton was called to rescue six people cut off by the tides in Norfolk

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.

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