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Two people are missing after swimmers got into difficulty at the coast in Budleigh Salterton(Image: Sonia Mullineux \/ SWNS)<\/p>\nThe UK Health Security Agency has put out a yellow cold health alert and people told not to enter water<\/p>\n
07:26, 26 Dec 2025Updated 07:27, 26 Dec 2025<\/p>\n
Two people are missing after swimmers got into difficulty at the coast in Budleigh Salterton(Image: Sonia Mullineux \/ SWNS)<\/p>\n
The Met Office has warned that the cold temperatures are set to persist, with frost expected overnight and a health alert issued in parts of the UK.<\/p>\n
The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has put out a yellow cold health alert for south-west England, which is in effect until noon on 27 December.<\/p>\n
According to the UKHSA, these low temperatures could have minor impacts on health and social care services, including “increased use of healthcare services by vulnerable people” and a “greater risk to life of vulnerable people”.<\/p>\n
Met Office meteorologist Zoe Hutin predicts frost overnight leading into Boxing Day.<\/p>\n
She said: “Boxing Day we’re going to see some good spells of sunshine, we will see a little in the way of cloud for the South and North West, some light rain, but for the vast majority it’s going to be dry,”.<\/p>\n
“While it will still be breezy, it won’t be as windy as Christmas<\/a> Day.<\/p>\n “It’s still going to feel chilly, top temperatures between 6-7C, in the south it’s going to feel closer to 4-5C.<\/p>\n “A low chance of snow, it’s not expected at all.”<\/p>\n The weather<\/a> over the weekend is expected to be similar, with potential drizzle where the cloud is thicker, and it will remain quite breezy. Temperatures will hover around the average mark at between 6-7C.<\/p>\n Ms Hutin added: “It’s good news for people who have got the week off and want to go on walks.”<\/p>\n It comes as beachgoers have been urged not to swim, with two men in their 60s and 40s still missing after getting into difficulty off the coast of Devon on Christmas Day.Detective Superintendent Hayley Costar, of Devon and Cornwall Police, said: \u201cToday, emergency services have been responding to a truly tragic incident in Budleigh Salterton.<\/p>\n \u201cOur thoughts remain firmly with the families and friends of the two men who are currently missing and to all who may have witnessed and be impacted by the incident.<\/p>\n \u201cThe local community will have seen a significant amount of emergency services in the area throughout the day as extensive enquiries have been ongoing.<\/p>\n \u201cAs dark falls, a number of these searches have been stood down, with some police enquiries on land continuing this evening.<\/p>\n \u201cThere have been weather warnings in place this week and a number of official and unofficial swims have already been cancelled.<\/p>\n \u201cWhile there are no official warnings in place for tomorrow, we urge anyone with plans to go swimming in the sea on Boxing Day not to.\u201d<\/p>\n HM Coastguard said it had responded to reports of \u201cpeople in difficulty\u201d in the water in the Budleigh Salterton area.<\/p>\n Coastguard rescue teams from Exmouth<\/a> and Beer attended, along with RNLI lifeboats from Exmouth, Teignmouth<\/a> and Torbay<\/a>.<\/p>\n They were assisted by coastguard search and rescue helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft, along with police and ambulance personnel.<\/p>\n \u201cSearches have continued throughout the day to find two men believed to still be in the water. After extensive shoreline and offshore searches, the coastguard part of the search was stood down at 5pm,\u201d a spokeswoman said.<\/p>\n A spokesperson for the RNLI said: \u201cWe can confirm that this morning at approximately 10am, RNLI lifeboat crew from Exmouth, Torbay and Teignmouth were tasked by HM Coastguard to assist in a multiagency incident involving people in difficulty in the water in the Budleigh Salterton area.<\/p>\n \u201cRNLI lifeboat crews were involved in the recovery of one person from the water and continued to search throughout the day for two people understood to still be in the water.<\/p>\n \u201cAll lifeboat crew were stood down by the Coastguard around 5pm, when they returned to stations.<\/p>\n \u201cOur thoughts are with all those impacted by the incident and the family and friends of the two people who are missing .\u201d<\/p>\n A spokeswoman for South Western Ambulance Service NHS<\/a> Foundation Trust said it was called at 10.10am to \u201creports of people in difficulty in the sea\u201d.<\/p>\n