Lifeboat goes to aid of two people who have been out all night in dinghy

Oban Lifeboat has been tasked to go to the aid of two young people who have been at sea all night in a small dinghy.

A spokesman for Stornoway Coastguard said he had just received a call from a fast rescue boat.

The boat’s crew reported that they had picked the youngsters up between Oban and Lismore, possibly suffering from hypothermia.

A spokesman for Stornoway Coastguard said: “We have tasked Oban Lifeboat.”