Second body recovered from sea off Withernsea as search resumes for third person

A major search operation is under way due to a number of people in difficulty in the sea at Withernsea, HM Coastguard has said. Photograph: Darrin Stevens

A second body has been recovered from the sea off the coast of Withernsea, East Yorkshire, as the search resumes for a third missing person.

Humberside police said the body of a second person was retrieved on Friday evening. Earlier, a 67-year-old man had been pulled unconscious from the water, but he died later.