A major search operation involving the RNLI Dover lifeboat coastguard teams and a rescue helicopter has been launched following the discovery of a surfboard in the water with reports of a person in the water in the Sandgate area of Dover.
The rescue mission was sparked just before 10pm on Tuesday evening. The lifeboat has been tasked to conduct a sea and shore search for the person who is understood to be still outstanding carrying out a parallel track search.
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