Dad and teenage son rescued after kayaks drift

A dad and his 14-year-old son were rescued from rough seas off the north Cornwall coast after getting into trouble while kayaking.

Port Isaac RNLI lifeboat was called just after 10:40 BST on Thursday following reports of a child in the water and two kayaks drifting near Boscastle.

When crews reached Penally Point, they found the pair stranded on rocks on opposite sides of a wide gully, with waves crashing in at about 1.5m high.

Both were taken safely back to Boscastle Harbour, where coastguard teams were waiting.

An RNLI crew member was put ashore to reassure them before helping each one into the lifeboat in turn.

The crew then headed back out to collect the drifting kayaks and tow them in. They returned to Port Isaac after more than two and a half hours at sea.

Boscastle NCI raised the alarm to Falmouth Coastguard Operations Room, which initiated a multi-agency response.

Boscastle Coastguard Team was tasked and "deployed two separate teams to both the north and south sides of the harbour to gain visual contact with the casualties and provide updates as the incident unfolded," it said on Facebook.

It was the team's second call out of the morning, having already attended Trebarwith Strand where a man had fallen from rocks.

He had a head injury and was transferred to hospital by ambulance for further checks.

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