The RAF search and rescue helicopter
Emergency services in Essex carried out a shoreline search for a missing child.
Thames Coastguard received reports of a child missing in the Clacton area at about 4.30pm yesterday.
Clacton Coastguard Rescue Team, Clacton RNLI’s inshore lifeboat and RAF Wattisham’s rescue helicopter all performed a shoreline search but no-one was found.
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