Three missing after fishing boat sinks off scottish coast

Three sailors are missing and one has been taken to hospital after a fishing boat sank off the Western Isles of Scotland.

Three missing after fishing boat sinks off scottish coast

Three sailors are missing and one has been taken to hospital after a fishing boat sank off the Western Isles of Scotland.

The coastguard received a distress alert just before 3.45am on Saturday, and the vessel's emergency positioning beacon was activated near Mingulay.

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