Pair safe after inflatable unicorn is blown to sea

A young girl and her father were rescued after she was blown out to sea on an inflatable unicorn.

The local coastguard issued a warning about the “dangers of inflatables” after the incident at Irvine Beach Park in Ayrshire on Saturday.

Ardrossan Coastguard Rescue Team spotted the girl “some distance away from the shore”, with her father swimming out to try to rescue her.

Both were brought safely back to the shoreline, the coastguard said in a post on Facebook. They had both swallowed seawater and were checked by paramedics and taken to hospital as a precaution.