Sailors hurt after squall hits regatta

Ten sailors have been injured after a regatta in the North was hit by a squall.

The casualties were mostly suffering from the effects of hypothermia after more than 200 people competing in 87 sailing dinghies were hit by a sudden change in the weather on Strangford Lough, the Maritime and Coast Guard agency said.

Initial reports suggested scores of people had ended up in the water after a spate of capsizes, but Coast Guard chiefs later scaled back the figures, saying 20 people were believed to have gone overboard.