Four people were rescued from a drifting speed boat out at sea, amid a busy heatwave weekend for the RNLI.

Hunstanton RNLI located and assisted the vessel off Heacham south beach, after receiving a call from HM Coastguard on June 11 at 12.14pm.

The lifeboat found the boat 1.5 miles off the coast, with four people on board.

After health checks, the jet-driven vessel was taken under tow to the care of Hunstanton Coastguard rescue team at Heacham north beach.

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On the same day, the crew were also called to rescue a woman and a dog from the water at Brancaster.

On Saturday (June 10), the crew located and assisted a jet skier who last seen off Heacham south beach.

The same day, a nine-year-old boy was rescued by a jet skier after being swept out to sea on an inflatable boat.