BREAKING Woman dies after taking early-morning swim in the sea

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A woman has died after taking an early-morning swim in the sea.

The woman is understood to have been one of two swimmers who had entered the water this morning off the coast of Ballycastle, Northern Ireland.

Emergency services were called to the scene at 8.28am with a Coastguard helicopter from Prestwick and the Air Ambulance as well as Coastguard crews, police, Fire Service and Ambulance Service personnel rushing to the scene.

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