Rocky end to half-term holiday ends in sheer relief for daring schoolboy

Half-term can be both a challenging and an expensive time for mothers and fathers faced with keeping their restless children occupied during the school holidays.The unnamed boy was rescued by firefighters using an extendable ladder two hours after his parents raised the alarm, after he became stranded near the top of craggy Goscar Rock.Police, firemen and a coastguard helicopter were called to the scene on the beach at Tenby, West Wales, at an estimated cost of £10,000.