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Six die as strong winds batter British beaches

Six people have died in five separate incidents after strong winds and rain wreaked havoc on coastal cities and beaches across the UK.

  • Windsurfer Dave Baker, who was in his 60s, died in Essex
  • Julie Walker, 37, and her son Lucas, 7, died after getting into difficulty in Aberdeen
  • Rudy Bruynius died after he and his family were swept into the sea in Newquay
  • Joy Godfray, 31, also died after being rescued off the coast of Jersey
  • A man in his 60s has died after getting into trouble in a rip current in Dorset
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Windsurfer dies off coast of West Mersea in Essex

A windsurfer in his sixties has died in a Colchester hospital after being rescued by RNLI lifeboats off the coast of West Mersea in Essex, at around noon on Saturday.

A spokesman for Essex police said they are trying to establish what happened in the lead up to his death.

His death comes on the same day as similar tragedies struck in Aberdeen, leaving a young boy and his mother dead - and in Cornwall, where a man died after he and his family were swept into the sea.

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