Hoping for a miracle at the bottom of the North Sea: Divers are sent down to check for signs of life inside sunken British cargo ship after it collided with second vessel leaving one dead and four missing off Germany

Divers are being sent down to the depths of the North Sea as they desperately search for signs of life in a sunken British cargo ship that collided with another bulk carrier, leaving one dead and four missing.

British-flagged vessel Verity collided with another cargo ship Polesei at around 5am this morning about 14 miles south-west of the German island of Helgoland, Germany’s Central Command for Maritime Emergencies said.

The 300ft vessel, which was carrying steel from Bremen in Germany to…