Search and rescue underway on river
A SEARCH operation is being carried out on a Hampshire river this evening after a distress flare was spotted in the sky.
Coastguard and lifeboat crews are investigating after the red flare was fired on the River Itchen in Southampton, at around 6.15pm.
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