Man rescued after becoming trapped in hole on beach

“You wouldn’t dig a hole in the garden and let your children climb in; please don’t do it on a beach either.”

An 18-year-old man had to be rescued after becoming trapped in a hole he had dug at Fistral Beach in Newquay, Cornwall (Ben Birchall/PA)

An 18-year-old man had to be rescued from a beach after becoming trapped in a hole he had dug, police said.

Emergency services were called to Fistral Beach in Newquay, Cornwall, on Thursday afternoon.