A MAN had to be rescued from a lake in Oulton Broad today.

A MAN had to be rescued from a lake in Oulton Broad today.

Fire crews from Normanshurst and Princes Street in Ipswich were called to the scene at Oulton Board Holiday Village in Marsh Road at 8.50am to reports that a man was in the water and needed help.

The 77-year-old was rescued by inshore life boat crews and was taken to the James Paget Hospital, suffering from shock.