BURROW HEAD, Scotland (27 Nov 2000) -- Coastguards have resumed their search for a diver who failed to surface after a wreck exploration off the Scottish coast. The 40-year-old English man, whose name has not been released, was reported missing by his companion on Friday afternoon. The pair had gone to explore a wreck in 160ft of water off Burrow Head, six miles south of the Isle of Whithorn. Four lifeboats and a Royal Navy helicopter were called out to assist in the search for the man, but there was no sign of him. A spokesman for Liverpool Coastguard, which has been co-ordinating the rescue, said the search was suspended on Friday night because of fading light. On Saturday morning, he said: "We have resumed our search of Burrow Head, south of the Isle of Whithorn. "We will continue until the search is complete." The two men were diving from a rigid inflatable boat when one failed to surface and his companion raised the alarm. | | Four lifeboats are searching for a scuba diver who went missing off Burrow Head, six miles south of the Isle of Whithorn. Lifeboats from Workington in Cumbria, the Isle and Man and Port William and Kirkcudbright in Dumfries and Galloway were called out to assist and a land search was also conducted. 
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