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Three girls had to be airlifted to the William Harvey Hospital in Ashford after a walk along the coast near Dover left one of the teenagers with a broken leg.

The girls, one aged 13 and the others 15, were found on rocks beneath Shakespeare cliff by a coastguard crew after the youngsters raised the alarm using a mobile phone.

They were all suffering from mild hypothermia after getting into trouble just before 8.00pm on Tuesday night (17 April).

A coastguard spokesman said they had set out from Dover, heading for Folkestone, but did not appear to have a torch or any awareness of the tides.

A coastguard spokesman said the incoming tide was only 3ft from the girls when they were found.

"They were very lucky," he said.

"It's quite dangerous down there, especially at that time of night."