Lifeboat search launched after report of missing fisherman
Lifeboat crews were launched into action after a report of a missing fisherman in Scarborough.
The alarm was raised by a police officer who spotted the fisherman in a “dangerous area” near Scarborough Spa.
A spokesman for the coastguard said the police officer then returned to the spot 15 minutes later to find the man had disappeared.
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Hide AdThe Scarborough lifeboat was launched at around 5pm today (Saturday) and crews spent around one-and-a-half hours searching the area.
The coastguard confirmed the man was not located and they believed that he had “walked off the rocks” and went into the town centre.