Air-sea search for missing divers

The Angle lifeboat is taking part in the search for the divers

Lifeboat crews and a helicopter are hunting for two scuba divers missing off the Pembrokeshire coast.

An air-sea search is under way south of Grassholm Island, which is some 11 miles (18km) offshore.

St David's lifeboat station said they were seen on the surface at 1430 BST and reported missing 40 minutes later.

In a separate incident further north off the Llyn peninsula, Gwynedd, a diver was pulled unconscious from the water and airlifted to hospital.

In the Pembrokeshire incident, crews from St David's and Angle were involved as well as a rescue helicopter from RAF Chivenor in Devon.

A ferry and several pleasure boats also joined the search.

Swansea Coastguard said the two divers were last seen in dry suits with hoods. One was carrying a 10-litre air cylinder and the other a 12-litre cylinder.

The coastguards were called after the pair failed to resurface when expected.

The lifeboats were making "box searches", in which teams use satellite positions and tide timings to co-ordinate the hunt.

Grassholm Island is the second largest gannet colony in the UK and an RSPB bird sanctuary. The divers were reported missing some two miles (3.2km) south of it.

Meanwhile, in the Gwynedd incident, a diver was recovered from the sea off Bardsey Island by a pleasure vessel on Saturday afternoon.

Aberdaron Coastguard rescue team were sent to the scene and a helicopter from RAF Valley on Anglesey was scrambled.

Isabel Goodall, watch manager at Holyhead Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre, said: "The diver regained consciousness and has now been airlifted to Bangor hospital."