Lifeboat volunteers saved a woman in difficulties a quarter of a mile off Seaton beach yesterday afternoon.

Both Looe RNLI lifeboats, the Atlantic 85 Sheila and Dennis Tongue II and D Class Ollie Naismith, answered an emergency call.

Arriving first on scene the crew of the Atlantic 85 found the woman a quarter of a mile off shore being assisted by two paddle boarders.

Supported by the D Class inshore lifeboat Ollie Naismith, the crew quickly bought her onboard the Atlantic 85 and immediately returned to Looe Lifeboat Station where she was handed into the care of paramedics and Devon and Cornwall Police.

Looe Coastguard team were also in attendance.