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FEARS a vulnerable woman had walked into the sea prompted a search and rescue operation last night.
Police, coastguard, the Shoreham RNLI lifeboat and Worthing Beach Office crews responded to reports of an object, suspected to be a body, in the water at 4.45pm.
An extensive search involving a helicopter by Worthing beach revealed nothing.
A coastguard spokesman said the service had received reports the woman, who was known to police, had walked into the sea but this turned out to be a false alarm and after an extensive search nothing was found.
The news comes just days after a body was found floating off Goring beach.
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