The children had "eyes bolt open, sweat pouring off of them, shaking, one of them screamed out, 'Please don't hurt my dad'."

A surfer who survived more than 30 hours stranded at sea on his board has hailed his rescuers as heroes.

A surfer who survived more than 30 hours stranded in the Irish Sea on his board has been described as "extremely lucky".

A surfer who had been missing since Sunday has been traced safe and well.