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Phone leads to search for angler Search resumes for missing angler
(about 5 hours later)
Two lifeboats were launched and a helicopter was scrambled to search for an angler feared missing after a mobile phone was found in Dunbar harbour. The search has resumed for an angler feared missing after clothes and a mobile phone were found abandoned at Dunbar harbour in East Lothian.
Police confirmed a man, described as 60 and from Edinburgh, left home to go fishing and had failed to return. Forth Coastguard also reported that a fishing rod was found in the water.
The air and sea search was started just after 1930 BST on Wednesday but halted nearly four hours later. Police have said a man, described as 60 and from Edinburgh, had left home to go fishing and had failed to return.
Forth Coastguard reported that clothes, a bag and shoes were found on land and a fishing rod was found in the water. Two lifeboats were launched and an RAF helicopter was scrambled after the alarm was raised on Wednesday evening; the hunt was suspended overnight.
The items, including the mobile phone, were found by a member of the public who raised the alarm.The items, including the mobile phone, were found by a member of the public who raised the alarm.
Police were then able to establish the man had been due to return home at about 1800 BST.Police were then able to establish the man had been due to return home at about 1800 BST.
Two RNLI lifeboats from Dunbar and the Dunbar Coastguard Rescue Team began the search along with Rescue Helicopter 131 from RAF Boulmer in Northumberland.Two RNLI lifeboats from Dunbar and the Dunbar Coastguard Rescue Team began the search along with Rescue Helicopter 131 from RAF Boulmer in Northumberland.
The crews of a number of yachts involved in a race were also alerted.The crews of a number of yachts involved in a race were also alerted.