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Search teams find body in gully | Search teams find body in gully |
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Search teams looking for a 68-year-old man on the Island of Mull have recovered a body. | Search teams looking for a 68-year-old man on the Island of Mull have recovered a body. |
The discovery was made just before midday in a gully in the Loch Uisg area. | The discovery was made just before midday in a gully in the Loch Uisg area. |
Coastguards, police, the local mountain rescue team and an RAF helicopter were all involved in the search operation, which was launched on Tuesday night. | Coastguards, police, the local mountain rescue team and an RAF helicopter were all involved in the search operation, which was launched on Tuesday night. |
The missing man, who was understood to have been holidaying on the island, had failed to turn up at base. | The missing man, who was understood to have been holidaying on the island, had failed to turn up at base. |
Later in the day, a walker was airlifted to safety after becoming stuck on treacherous rocks on the Mull of Kintyre. | |
Coastguard teams were involved in the search for the man who got into trouble after departing from Machrihanish. | |
A coastguard spokesman said the man was found to be in an exhausted state. | |
He was flown by Royal Navy Sea King helicopter to Campbeltown Hospital for a medical check. |