TWO lifeboats and a coastguard searched a stretch of the North-East coastline for a fisherman feared missing.

A fellow angler at Skinningrove, east Cleveland, saw the man go out in a fishing boat and became concerned when he did not return for a long time.

The Skinningrove coastguard alerted the Staithes and Teesmouth lifeboats and the fisherman was found two hours later - oblivious to the search for him.