A missing sailor from a cargo ship involved in a collision in the North Sea is assumed dead, a transport minister has said. Mike Kane told the House of Commons the search and rescue operations for a missing crew member of the MV Solong was called off last night when their "chances of their survival had unfortunately significantly diminished". He said the Government's "working assumption" is that the sailor had died and that rescue teams will do "everything" they can to recover the body of the