A firefighter and dad has gone missing during a charity swim across the English Channel as a huge search operation has been launched.
Iain Hughes, 42, who trained for almost two years for his 'inspirational' cross-Channel charity swim, began the attempt on Tuesday (June 20) but has now gone missing and his whereabouts are unknown, West Midlands Fire Service said
West Midlands Fire Service confirmed that Mr Hughes, who is part of the Technical Rescue Unit at Wednesbury fire station, had been missing for 'several hours' as of Tuesday evening.
