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Chloe Parkman & Howard Lloyd

Coastguard launches major search after boat sinks off UK coast

A search off the UK coast is under way after a boat sank. The coastguard, RNLI, police and ambulance service are off the Devon coast near Torquay.

The Maritime and Coastguard Agency say it received a report at around 10.30am of a small vessel sinking off the coast with two people on board. One person has been rescued by the lifeboat while a search is ongoing for the second person.

In a full statement, a spokesperson for MCGA told Devon Live: "HM Coastguard is coordinating a search after a small vessel with two people on board was reported to have sunk off the coast of Torquay today (May 19).

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