Morecambe | 4 September

When an elderly couple got trapped up to their waists in mud -with the tide coming in- Morecambe RNLI's hovercraft crew flew to the scene.

Arriving at the sands near Flookburgh, the hovercraft volunteers pulled the couple to safety using specialist mud rescue equipment The RNLI crew then worked with other emergency services to assess the couple, transfer them to the Bay Rescue all-terrain vehicle and on to a waiting ambulance.

Morecambe volunteer Lifeboat Operations Manager, Kevin Jackson, says: 'The outcome could have been disastrous but. with ourselves, Bay Rescue, local coastguard, air ambulance and ambulance crews all working together, we achieved a successful outcome.'