All passengers safe and well after ferry runs aground near Scotland

Pentland Ferries said smoke was detected in the engine room before the MV Pentalina became grounded at the village of St Margaret’s Hope on Saturday

RNLI vessels attended the scene (Steve Parsons/PA)

All 60 passengers, including three children and a baby, have been rescued and brought back to land safe and well after a ferry ran aground near the coast of Scotland.

RNLI vessels went to the scene after the MV Pentalina issued a Mayday broadcast off Orkney on Saturday evening.