For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emailsSign up to our free breaking news emailsSeven people are missing and 15 have been rescued after a British yacht sank in a whirlwind and rough seas off the coast of Sicily.A 50-metre sailboat with 22 people on board sank in the early hours of Monday off the coast of the Sicilian capital Palermo, with four Britons among the seven missing, Italian media outlets reported.Italy’s Coast Guard and firefighters rescued 15 people, including a child, after the boat, flying a British flag, sank when a whirlwind and rough seas hit the area at sunrise.The boat was carrying two Anglo-French citizens, an Irish national, a New Zealander and a Sri Lankan, news agency Adnkronos has reported, while the rest were British.Have you been affected by this story? Email tara.cobham@independent.co.ukThe 15 people rescued are all in stable condition, Adnkronos has said.Divers from the fire department are continuing searches around the vessel, situated around half a mile off the coast.The British foreign ministry had no immediate response to a request for comment.More follows on this breaking news story…
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