'Missing man' safe

A MAN who sparked a major air, sea and land search was found safe and well – inside a house watching television.

The alarm was raised just after 10pm on Friday when the man failed to turn up to look after a fishing boat he was caretaking at Lochinver in Sutherland.

A member of the Lochinver Coastguard Rescue team was concerned because the French national had not been seen since 3pm when he went for a walk. The man was found by coastguards 30 minutes later inside a house in the area – wondering what all the fuss was about.