Three Tipperary children have been rescued from mudflats in England after wandering one and a half miles from shore at Steart Sands near Bridgwater in Somerset.
The brothers and sister from Tipperary, in the Republic of Ireland, got stuck just four miles from where a youngster recently died after getting trapped.
Their mother raised the alarm and the children were rescued by an RAF helicopter, which was returning from an exercise in Wales.
The boys, aged five and 11, and their 13-year-old sister, were taken to hospital but were later discharged unhurt.
The incident happened late Friday afternoon about four miles from where a five-year-old girl died after becoming trapped six weeks ago.
Lelaina Hall, from St John's, Worcester, died in hospital after being rescued from the nearby beach at Brean, near Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset.
Lelaina got into difficulties while walking at low tide with her mother, her mother's boyfriend and his two children.
Bob Peel of Swansea coastguard said: "It is very dangerous for people unfamiliar with an area to wander a long way from the shoreline.
"This is just a few miles from where the young girl drowned and shows again the danger of getting stuck in the mud. The coast is a beautiful place but it does hold dangers and we would ask parents to be alert." end
PA