A KAYAKER risked his life to save a 19-year-old stranded in a dinghy in choppy waters.

Barry Hughes, of Sherwood, Nottingham, rescued the young man who had capsized with a friend in the sea off Scarborough Harbour.

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A KAYAKER risked his life to save a 19-year-old stranded in a dinghy in choppy waters.

Barry Hughes, of Sherwood, Nottingham, rescued the young man who had capsized with a friend in the sea off Scarborough Harbour.

The teenager was holding a lifebelt but unable to climb on to the pier, though his friend had swum to safety.

Witnesses said the boy would have drowned if Mr Hughes had not set out in his kayak to save him.

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