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HELICOPTER SEARCH AFTER BLOOD SOAKED CAP FOUND ON LOCAL CLIFFS

Emergency services were scrambled after a dog walker reported finding a blood-soaked baseball cap on cliff tops above Samphire Hoe today (6 June).

A hunt was launched for a person injured or missing "under suspicious circumstances" and a major air and sea search was started.

Police said the baseball cap was found along with a mobile phone.

Climbers, a lifeboat, coastguards and a helicopter from Lee-on-Solent, Hampshire searched the area for four hours, and British Transport Police searched rail lines.

Police have confirmed the search has now finished without finding anything but they have said that they are continuing their investigation.