A woman was left stranded on the mud flats at Shoebury after suffering lacerations to her feet. The coastguard and RNLI were called out to help the female, who got stuck near Barge Pier around 2.30pm this afternoon. The hovercraft was called in to help rescue the injured woman, who was also on the mud flats with another female. Teams arrived to find one of the women had suffered cuts to her feet after she stood on rocks and shells. She was unable to make it back to shore by herself so was transported back to safety by the hovercraft.