Rescuers search Loch Ness after man falls in near Dores Bay

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Loch Ness searchImage source, Peter Jolly

Police divers are taking part in a major search in Loch Ness after a man was reported to have fallen overboard from a boat.

The alarm was raised at about 18:50 on Thursday amid reports that two men had fallen into the water near Dores Bay.

One man was rescued during a search which involved an RNLI lifeboat and a coastguard helicopter from Inverness.

He was taken to hospital as a precaution while the search for the second man continued.

It was stood down in the early hours and resumed on Friday morning.

Insp Nick Macrae said: "Emergency services, including the Police Scotland dive and marine unit, are in attendance and are currently carrying out a search of the area for the second man."

Map: Loch Ness