Lucy Winkelmann takes part in the charity Christmas swim (Brian Lawless/PA) Santa hats were hurriedly replaced by swimming caps as toes were cautiously dipped into the sea amid scattered ...

Hundreds of people have taken part in charity Christmas swims across Ireland. In Dublin, swimmers braved the cold water on an otherwise mild morning in Clontarf, where a picturesque sunrise ...

A Christmas Day sea swim warning has been issued to those hoping to have a festive dip. Brighton and Hove City Council's seafront officer Abby Rocky said cold water sea swimming should only be for ...

Hundreds of people have taken part in charity Christmas ... swim in aid of the RNLI. Santa hats were hurriedly replaced by swimming caps as toes were cautiously dipped into the sea amid scattered ...

Crowds gathered along the Felixstowe shoreline before entering the North Sea [Alison Root/BBC] Elsewhere in the county, Southwold also hosted a Christmas Day swim, with all participants receiving ...

A couple who met each other at a Christmas Eve ... who met at the swim last year and started dating 20 days later. Ms Browne said she developed her love for the sea and sea swimming as part ...

Hundreds of hardy swimmers braved the teeth-chattering temperatures of the North Sea as they took part in fundraising festive swims across Suffolk. The Christmas ... Felixstowe's swim saw swimmers ...