Passengers rescued by lifeboat after Orkney ferry runs aground

MV Pentalina was grounded near its destination, the village of St Margaret’s Hope on Orkney. Photograph: Vincent Lowe/Alamy

Passengers on a ferry to Orkney had to be evacuated and taken ashore by lifeboat after the vessel ran aground in what was described as “a major incident”.

All 60 passengers, including three children and a baby, were said to be safe and well after the incident in Scapa Flow on Saturday evening.