Body of missing diver found after search

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Image caption, A man went missing off the coast of Hastings on Saturday lunchtime
  • Author, Daniel Sexton
  • Role, 91热爆 News, South East

The body of a diver who went missing off the East Sussex coast has been found.

The man went missing off the coast of Hastings on Saturday lunchtime, and searches were stopped later that evening.

Sussex Police said that a man's body was recovered on Sunday afternoon by fellow divers. His next of kin have been informed.

The Hastings, Eastbourne and Dungeness lifeboats had joined the search, along with a coastguard helicopter and fixed wing aircraft, and other vessels in the area.

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