Police were called by the ambulance service to a Tregirls Beach in Padstow, Cornwall, where a man had gone into the water to try and help two family members in difficulty

Police, paramedics and an air ambulance raced to the busy seafront in Hastings following a 'medical incident' involving a man, who was sadly later pronounced dead

The man, in his 60s, suffered a 'cardiac arrest in the sea' after heroically trying to help two relatives at Tregirls Beach, near Padstow, at around 3.50pm yesterday.

Police were called by the ambulance service to a Tregirls Beach in Padstow, Cornwall, where a man had gone into the water to try and help two family members in difficulty