A four-year-old boy who went missing in the sea while on a trip to the coast has been named by police.

Dylan Cecil's parents frantically tried to rescue him after he entered the water in Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset, but were unable to reach him.

The search for the youngster, from Kettering, Northamptonshire, is continuing, but Coastguards admit it has been altered from one for a missing child to one for a body.

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Emergency services at the scene in Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset

A Swansea Coastguard spokesman said: "It is a recovery mission, and the search is continuing."

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