Person rescued on St Annes beach as coastguard respond to multiple incidents in one day

Coastguard crews from Lytham were first called to reports of a person walking out towards the sea in the Fairhaven area at around 2.40pm.

When crews arrived they established the call was a "false alarm with good intent" as the person who had been spotted was a fisherman who wasn't in any difficulty.

As they were on the scene they received reports a "missing vulnerable person" who had last been seen close to Seafield Road.

The team quickly relocated and started a search alongside crews from Lytham St Annes RNLI, who launched their D-class lifeboat.

After searching the area "for a while" police were reportedly content they had searched all the areas they could and all units were stood down.

As they were returning to the station they received reports of a person "lost in the fog" on St Annes beach.

Crews were deployed onto the beach before navigating in the dark and fog where the visibility was said to be "less than 30 meters".

Fortunately the person was found close to the "11.5 mile perch" and was taken back to shore.

At around 11.30pm, Lytham Coastguard was called out for the fourth and final time to assist police in searching for a missing vulnerable person who was believed to be in the Blackpool area.

Crews searched between Central Pier and Starr Gate after liaising with police, but after searching the area for a "couple of hours" officers decided to focus their search inland.

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