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Desperate search for two teenage brothers missing off Lancashire coast

A file picture of a Coastguard helicppter and drone carrying out search and rescue operations (Picture: PA)

Rescuers are searching for a 16-year-old boy and 18-year-old man who got into difficulty in water in Lancashire.

Police were alerted to a concern for their safety after they went missing close to St Annes Pier in Lytham St Annes at about 6.55pm on Saturday.

They have been named by police as brothers Ali Athar Sabbir, 16, and Muhammad Azhar Shabbir, 18, from Dewsbury, West Yorkshire.

A 15-year-old boy managed to swim to the shore and is being treated in hospital.

In a statement, Lancashire Police said: “Our HM Coastguard and RNLI colleagues searched the water well into the night. They have been able to start looking again this morning and the police helicopter will soon also join the search. We will continue to offer our support.

“If you have any information that could help the search, please call 101 quoting reference 1398 of August 15.

“Our thoughts remain with the family and friends of the missing man and boy.”

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