Two people cut off by the tide have been rescued by Barrow RNLI.
The pair were on Foulney Island yesterday, Thursday June 6, and got cut off from the mainland.
The RNLI’s volunteer crew from Barrow Lifeboat Station were called at around 11.55am.
They launched the inshore lifeboat Raymond and Dorothy Billingham at 12.15pm with Ben Jackson at the helm, and crew Paul Wilcock and Mike Armstrong.
The lifeboat was on the scene within a few minutes of launching and the two people, who were cold and distressed, were picked up by the crew and taken in the lifeboat the short distance to the Roa Island causeway.
They were then placed in the care of Furness Coastguard who were in attendance along with other members of the emergency services.
With the casualties safe, the lifeboat returned to the boathouse and arrived at 12.30pm.
