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North West Evening Mail | Home | Search underway for missing diver in west Cumbria
North West Evening Mail | Home | Search underway for missing diver in west Cumbria
EMERGENCY services are searching for a diver reported missing in Wastwater. A spokesman from Liverpool Coastguard said they received a phone call at around 3pm reporting a diver missing in the water.
A helicopter from RAF Valley is currently on the scene, and Cumbria Police, Whitehaven Coastguard and Wasdale Mountain Rescue are involved in the search.
Cumbria Fire and Rescue Service have also been searching the shores of the lake.
The alarm was raised by the diver's companion following a planned 40 minute dive, and emergency services were subsequently informed.
Stuart Atkinson, duty officer with Liverpool Coastguard, said the search is taking place in an area where communication is difficult.