Two divers rescued near the Bass Rock

TWO divers were taken to hospital after being rescued by a search party near the Bass Rock in East Lothian yesterday. Forth coastguard was called by a diving group at around 5:30pm and told two men had failed to resurface from a dive in the Firth of Forth.

Four lifeboats from Dunbar, Anstruther and North Berwick went to the scene, along with the RAF Boulmer helicopter based in Northumberland.