Anger over hoax call Police and Coastguards hit out at a hoax caller after a long sea and air search of Cleethorpes seafront found nothing.

The operation was launched in bitter weather on the night of 25 February after reports had been received of a body floating in the River Humber.

Police checks were later reported to have revealed that the call was likely to have been a hoax.

A spokesman for the Coastguard told the local paper the next day: 'Callers like this not only put put thelives of lifeboatmen in danger, they could divert services from a genuine call-out. It was not good weather for the boats to be out last night, but the real worry is that while they were tied up we could have had a real emergency.'.