Family rescue by lifeboat after running around on rocks in Eastbourne

A family had to be rescued from a boat in Eastbourne after it ran aground on Saturday afternoon.

The UK Coastguard was alerted shortly after 3,36pm when the occupants reported their vessel had run onto a rocky shoal near to the coastline.

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