Emergency services rescue woman from River Brede

Emergency services were called to Rye last night (Wednesday) after a woman was swept away on the River Brede.
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Sussex Police say she was first seen from Rock Channel Quay, where a passer-by threw her a life ring, but was carried along the river by the current.

Police, fire, ambulance, coastguards and a RNLI lifeboat crew were called to the scene shortly after 9pm and at 10.22pm the woman was pulled from the water and given oxygen.

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She was taken to the Conquest Hospital, St Leonards-on-Sea, suffering from hypothermia.

After recovering, the 39-year-old woman was returned to her home address in Hellingly, near Hailsham, from where she had earlier been reported missing.