A SEARCH was launched late last night after a man in his 80s was reported missing off the Norfolk coast- but shortly afterwards he was found walking past the coastguard headquarters in Great Yarmouth.

A SEARCH was launched late last night after a man in his 80s was reported missing off the Norfolk coast- but shortly afterwards he was found walking past the coastguard headquarters in Great Yarmouth.

Yarmouth coastguards were called to reports the elderly man had gone missing in the Caister area and launched a search, along with the police and the rescue team from RAF Wattisham.

But the search was called off when the man was spotted walking past the coastguards own headquarters at Havenbridge House, North Quay, Yarmouth.