Staithes RNLI lifeboat was launched at 6:20pm on Tuesday evening to help police and coastguards search for a missing elderly lady.
The volunteer lifeboat crew were called after the woman’s husband reported her missing and vulnerable. The couple were staying in Whitby and had come to Staithes for the afternoon. Whilst police and coastguards searched the village the lifeboat crew were tasked with looking along the coast between Skinningrove and Port Mulgrave.
The woman was found by a member of the public near a farm just on the outskirts of Staithes. The missing lady was lost and confused and the person who found her called ambulance. She was taken to James Cook hospital as a precaution.