A grandfather died while rescuing his nine-year-old granddaughter after a sudden change in sea conditions pulled members of his family into deeper water at a beach in Cornwall, UK.

Phil Crow, 68, was one of eight people to lose their lives in open water during the Bank Holiday weekend after trying to rescue his granddaughter at at Tregirls Beach, Cornwall

A grandfather died while rescuing his nine-year-old granddaughter after a sudden change in sea conditions pulled members of his family into deeper water at a beach in Cornwall, UK.