Man rescued from water near Seaforth

Mar 17 2013 by Eleanor Barlow, Liverpool Echo

A MAN was rescued by lifeboat crews this morning after his inflatable dinghy started leaking.

Liverpool Coastguard received an emergency call from the man, who was in the water near the Seaforth radar tower, at about 5.45am.

New Brighton RNLI team were called out to rescue him and he was met at the shore by coastguard crews from Hoylake.

The man, in his early 50s, did not need medical treatment.