Summary

  • A look at issues affecting the Essex, Suffolk and Norfolk coast as lockdown eases

  • Woman rescued from stricken yacht thanks 'amazing rescuers'

  • The RNLI issues advice on rip tides and staying afloat while you wait to be rescued

  • Visitor impressed with social distancing measures in Cromer

  • Crabbing business recovering after lockdown hit restaurant trade

  1. Welcome to our coast live pagepublished at 08:02 British Summer Time 12 August 2020

    Cromer
    Image caption,

    Tractors are used to pull crabbing vessels out of the sea

    We're spending the day looking at the issues affecting the East of England coast in the wake of the easing of lockdown restrictions.

    We have reporters in Cromer in Norfolk and Clacton-on-Sea in Essex, and will be bringing you news and snapshots from the rest of the coast as well.

    Martin Barber, our reporter in Cromer, said there is a "warmth in the air with a gentle breeze coming off a calm sea".

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