Selsey lifeboats and helicopter scrambled to report of missing child

The volunteer lifeboat crew at Selsey responded to a report of a missing seven-year-old child yesterday at West Wittering.
By The Newsroom
Published 6th Jan 2016, 09:20 BST
Updated 8th Jun 2018, 06:46 BST

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The new facility will replace the old inshore and offshore stations and house both lifeboatsThe new facility will replace the old inshore and offshore stations and house both lifeboats
The new facility will replace the old inshore and offshore stations and house both lifeboats

At the time they received the page, at 4.31pm, the child had been missing for two hours, the RNLI said.

Both lifeboats were requested to launch to join the Selsey coastguard team and coastguard helicopter to search the coastline.

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Shortly after the all-weather lifeboat had launched the child was found, so the inshore lifeboat was stopped from being deployed.

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