A nine-year-old boy was rescued after getting into difficulties in the water at Formby beach.
Coastguard search and rescue and police rushed to the scene in Formby just after 8pm yesterday (Saturday) as the tide was coming in. He was reported as being "up to his neck" in the water, which was choppy and dangerous at the time.
The coastguard search and rescue helicopter and a lifeboat crew from Southport were sent to the scene.