Two children on a lilo scrambled aboard a passing yacht after getting into trouble half a mile out at sea.

Coastguards received a call from a concerned member of the public but before the Eastbourne inshore lifeboat could reach the children, who were floating off the Sovereign Centre, they had boarded the yacht.

A spokesman for Eastbourne RNLI said: "We would urge people of any age who take to the sea on lilos to stay close to shore.

"With a slight wind, people can find themselves drifting further out and, before realising, cannot get back in again."