Kent man drowns trying to rescue his son from sea in Jamaica

A man from Kent has drowned after swimming out to sea to rescue one of his sons while on a family holiday in Jamaica.Tony Wilkinson, who was 49, was caught in a strong current and did not make it back to the shore after going to the assistance of the boy, who survived.

It happened on Thursday morning after the family had been walking on the beach in Calabash Bay on Jamaica's south coast.