Sidmouth Lifeboat was tasked to assist police and coastguard in the search for a missing person from Sidmouth last night.

The lifeboat undertook a search from Salcombe Mouth to the mouth of the River Otter for almost two hours, before being stood down yesterday evening.

The police and coastguard search remains underway.

A Sidmouth Lifeboat spokesperson said: "As always, a huge thank you to our volunteer crew and partner organisations for their efforts."