UK coastguard issues beach hole warning after boy trapped up to his neck

Parents helped save boy by scooping sand away from his mouth and nose at Anderby Creek in Lincolnshire

Rescuers have said a teenage boy was lucky not to have been buried alive when a hole he was digging on a Lincolnshire beach collapsed.

The 14-year-old was reportedly digging at the beach at Anderby Creek on Saturday when the sand beneath him collapsed, leaving him trapped up to his neck.