A fishing boat that broke up during a rescue operation when it was sinking has now been cleared from Penarth Beach.

According to the RNLI, everyone on board was safely rescued but the boat could not be salvaged. A team at Barry Dock was initially called out by the coastguard at Milford Haven to bring the boat and the people on it to safety at Barry Harbour.

The RNLI Penarth team were then called to pick up the boat off Lavernock Point and bring it to Cardiff Bay, but the vessel was collecting water in transit and the tow had to be abandoned.

A spokesperson for RNLI Penarth told Nub News: "We got a call out at around 17:30 in the afternoon to attend to a boat that was in a bad condition. Barry Dock has originally been called out to it and Penarth was called out later to overtake the tow of the boat and bring it to a safe place.

"The boat was in such bad condition that the only option from there was to bring it to Penarth Beach later Saturday evening."

Priority turned to clear the beach as soon as possible for public safety. The spokesperson added: "We worked together with the Vale of Glamorgan Council and HM Coastguard to make sure they were aware of everything and were prepared in the morning to clear the boat wreckage up."

The boat wreckage was cleared on Sunday morning and Penarth Beach and is safe for the public to use.

In a separate incident over the weekend, four people were cut off by the tide at Sully Island.

A Maritime and Coastguard Agency spokesperson said: "At approximately 13:00 on Sunday, February 27, HM Coastguard's Barry and Penarth Coastguard Rescue Teams were sent, alongside the Barry Dock RNLI lifeboat, to help four people cut off by the tide on Sully Island. The lifeboat recovered the people to the mainland."