Search for diver continues

The Alderney lifeboat is involved in the search

Alderney's lifeboat is involved in a major air and sea search for a missing diver.

French coastguards are co-ordinating the operation north-east of Alderney.

The diver was diving on a wreck in the channel when the alarm was raised at about 1300 BST.

It is believed the diver failed to surface after taking part in a deep-sea dive on a wreck.

Tanker collision

The Alderney lifeboat, the Roy Barker, and a French military sea and rescue helicopter are searching the area where the diver was last reported.

A cross-channel ferry was diverted to help in the search.

The Commodore Clipper, which left Portsmouth bound for St Peter Port, has since been stood down by French coastguards.

It is the second time in a week that a Guernsey-bound ferry has been involved in a rescue.

A Condor ferry picked up five people adrift in mid Channel on Thursday after their yacht was in collision with a tanker in thick fog.

Three men and two women, who had been floating in a life raft for five hours, have now returned to England.