- Emergency services are searching for two missing fishermen and their vessel after it vanished off the Isle of Lewis on Tuesday evening.
- The body of one crew member was recovered early on Wednesday morning, but two men and the boat remain unaccounted for.
- HM Coastguard , the RNLI , and Police Scotland are conducting widespread search operations near the Port of Ness in very challenging weather conditions.
- Police Scotland have urged members of the local community not to put themselves at risk by attempting to carry out their own searches.
- First Minister John Swinney described the news as deeply distressing and extended his sympathies to the families and local communities.
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Search for missing fishing boat crew hindered by ‘challenging’ conditions in Scotland
