'˜Body in water' turns out to be buoy, RNLI confirm
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Mark Sawyer, coxswain at the station, revealed it turned out to be ‘a false alarm with good intent’.
Reports, including three calls to 999, had also expressed concern the object - which turned out to be a lobster pot buoy - might be a dog, Mark confirmed.
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“We are aware there are a couple of dogs missing locally which is why we didn’t hesitate to launch.”
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