A dog walker was minutes from drowning in mud on Denbighshire beach when he was saved by two schoolboys.
Gareth Parry-Jones, 75, had given up all hope when the two youngsters heard his cries for help.
Keeping hold of one end of the dog lead, Gareth Parry-Jones threw the handle to the boys. ‘They pulled me out inch by inch,’ he said. ‘It took them a half-hour, by which time the water was...