Children rescued from mudflats

Three Co Tipperary children have been rescued from mudflats in England, just four miles from where a youngster recently died after being trapped.

Three Co Tipperary children have been rescued from mudflats in England, just four miles from where a youngster recently died after he became trapped.

The brothers and sister got stuck after they wandered one and a half miles from shore at Steart Sands near Bridgewater in Somerset.

Their mother raised the alarm and the children were rescued by an RAF helicopter.

The boys, aged five and 11, and their 13-year-old sister were taken to hospital but were later discharged unhurt.