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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Nadeem Badshah

Suffolk woman ‘might have been saved’ from drowning if fire service alerted more quickly

Saffron Cole-Nottage with dark hair and a striped sleeveless top smiles at the camera
Saffron Cole-Nottage, 32, was walking the family dog with her daughter when she fell. Photograph: Family handout/PA

A woman who drowned after getting stuck headfirst in sea defence rocks might have been saved if the ambulance service had alerted the fire service more quickly, a coroner has said.

Saffron Cole-Nottage, 32, was walking the family dog with her daughteron the seafront in their home town of Lowestoft, Suffolk, when she fell as the tide was coming in on 2 February 2025.

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