Bodies of two friends pulled from sea off Brighton

Pair believed to have been using inflatable dinghy seen drifting out at sea

The bodies of two friends have been pulled from the sea off the coast of Brighton.

A search and rescue operation was launched on Monday afternoon after an inflatable dinghy was seen drifting out at sea. Lifeboats and coastguards spent nine hours scouring the waters on Monday, during which the body of a man was recovered from the Channel just after 5pm, police said.