Teenagers searching for Pokémon Go characters rescued from rising tide
Six teenagers had to be rescued by the coastguard after almost getting cut off by the sea while searching for Pokémon Go characters.
The boys were hunting for the virtual creatures at the unsafe Old Pier on Birnbeck Island, Weston super Mare, Somerset.
Milford Haven Coastguard alerted Weston's volunteer lifeboat crew shortly before 9pm on Thursday.
Two of the boys were spotted wading back across the shingle bank to the shore with the tide rising rapidly to chest height.
The lifeboat crew then noticed four more boys walking along the pier's unsafe walkway back to the shore.
The RNLI said no one was injured in the incident.
Crew member Chris Lyons said:
This is the latest incident involving Pokemon Go.
On Wednesday night three girls were spotted by the police standing in rough seas near Hastings Pier in East Sussex.
Elsewhere a foot passenger using the Torpoint Ferry in Plymouth, Devon was reportedly ejected after staying on the ferry for an extended period to catch Pokemon.