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Fishermen 'presumed dead'

Coastguard Officers say the two men missing from the fishing boat ‘Purbeck Isle’ are presumed dead. The ‘Purbeck Isle’ went missing off the coast of Weymouth a week ago. There'll be no more searches carried out.

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Police won't search for missing fishermen

The body of skipper David McFarlane was recovered on Friday Credit: Dorset Police

Officers co-ordinating the hunt for the missing crew members of a stricken

fishing boat say they won't search the wreck for their bodies.

The Purbeck Isle and its three crew members were reported missing off the coast

of Weymouth a week ago.

The body of skipper David McFarlane from Weymouth was recovered from the

water. Crewmen Robert Prowse and Jack Craig haven't been seen or heard from

since the boat left Weymouth Harbour last Thursday.

Jack Craig hasn't been seen since last Thursday Credit: Dorset Police

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