Five people including four children rescued from rising tide on Holy Island causeway as Coastguard issue stark warning

Berwick Coastguard Rescue Team and Seahouses Lifeboat were launched to rescue the stricken group at 2.01am on Friday, November 25.

A statement from Berwick Coastguard said: “Once we arrived at the scene, the team established that one adult and four children had safely made it to the refuge box and the tide was now level with the windscreen of their car.

"The lifeboat crew checked the casualties over. Although damp and cold, they did not require medical assistance and were transferred via lifeboat to our team who had waded out with a Rescue Sled. From there the five occupants were brought back to dry land to be warmed up.”