Father and daughter swept out to sea off Poole

A father and daughter were swept out to sea off Poole on an inflatable.

They were rescued by lifeboat volunteers in fading light on Sunday.

Poole lifeboat helmsman Dave Riley said: "The sea temperatures are still cold enough to cause hypothermia when submersed for 40 minutes as they both were.

"Given another 10 minutes, it could have been a very different outcome."

The RNLI has released the footage to encourage people not to use inflatables and blow-up dinghies at the beach.

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