Lyme lifeboat joins search for missing person

Crew joins coastguards in shoreline search near West Bay

Lyme Regis RNLI lifeboat was launched at 10.22pm last night (Tuesday, October 11) to assist in the search for a person reported missing in the West Bay area.

The lifeboat crew conducted a shoreline search to the east and west of West Bay.

During the search the lifeboat was diverted by coastguards to stand by while they dealt with a person found on West Cliff.

No evidence of the original missing person was found, and coastguards stood the lifeboat crew down at 11.42pm.