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Rescue mission underway to find missing North Sea diver

Coastguard searching for Brighton man, 68, who disappeared offshore from Great Yarmouth on Monday evening

Sam Russell
Tuesday 29 August 2017 09:30 BST
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UK Coastguard helicopter in action
UK Coastguard helicopter in action (Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

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A search is under way to find a missing diver who was looking at a wreck site in the North Sea.

The 68-year-old man from the Brighton area was reported missing 12 miles (19km) east of Great Yarmouth at 6pm on Monday, a UK Coastguard spokesman said.

He was reported missing by the dive boat Raider V and was still missing on Tuesday morning.

An air and sea search involving rescue helicopters and lifeboats started on Monday night, went overnight and is continuing on Tuesday.

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