Father and daughter die after being pulled from sea at Cornish beach

Police appeal for help to find handbag woman was carrying when she entered the water at Fistral beach in Newquay

A father and daughter have died after being pulled from the sea at a popular surfing beach in the Cornish resort of Newquay.

The man, in his 60s, and the woman, in her 30s, were pronounced dead at Fistral beach on Sunday after a large emergency response involving coastguards, a rescue helicopter, an RNLI lifeboat, paramedics and police. The pair were from Doncaster, South Yorkshire.