Search for two Christmas Day swimmers called off

THE coastguard search for two men missing after a Christmas Day swim in the sea has been called off.

- GEORGE THOMPSON Press Association reporter

Emergency services were called to Budleigh Salterton at 10.25am on Christmas Day after concerns for people in the water.

A number of people were safely recovered to shore and checked by paramedics or taken to hospital as a precaution but two men, aged in their 40s and 60s, were not located.

A spokesman for the coastguard said: “After extensive shoreline and offshore searches, the HM Coastguard part of the search was stood down at 5pm.”

Devon and Cornwall Police have previously said the families of the men were being kept informed of developments.

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