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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Steven Morris and Robyn Vinter

Three rescued after inflatable duck drifts out to sea off Devon coast

Volunteers from Appledore RNLI with the inflatable duck
Volunteers from Appledore RNLI with the inflatable duck nicknamed Quackers, off Westward Ho! beach in Devon. Photograph: Matthew Rowe/RNLI/PA

Three people on a giant inflatable duck were rescued after it drifted out into the Bristol Channel from a beach in Devon.

Witnesses said the men pumped up the duck, which has been nicknamed Quackers, at Westward Ho! and took it out to sea accompanied by a friend on an inflatable kayak.

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