A RESCUE mission was launched after a boat carrying two people ran aground off the Suffolk coast.

A RESCUE mission was launched after a boat carrying two people ran aground off the Suffolk coast.

The coastguard and RNLI inshore and all weather lifeboats were dispatched to the yacht - Gracious Progress - at around 1.30pm yesterday after she became stuck on the Aldeburgh Ridge.

After a short rescue operation, the vessel was eventually re-floated.