Pair rescued from inflatable boat taking on water
Lifeboat crews from Weymouth were sent after the pair put out a mayday call
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Two people have been rescued by a lifeboat crew after their inflatable boat began taking on water.
Both lifeboats from Weymouth were sent to the small dinghy in Weymouth Bay after getting a mayday call on Saturday at about 13:00 BST.
The pair had been trying to cross the bay from Portland to Lulworth - a distance of about nine miles (15km) - when they got into difficulty.
They were taken on to the lifeboat and their vessel was towed back to Weymouth.
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