Mine removed from Cornish coast

The discovery of a mine along the Cornish coast led to a cordon to be set up at a beach.

St Austell Coastguard said the team was called about sightings of a "large metal buoy" near Porthpean at 13:16 GMT on Monday.

However, the team said a closer inspection found it was an inert training mine which needed to be removed.

Coastguard and Royal Navy crews removed the device the following day.

A Facebook post from the coastguard team said the mine was removed during an operation which saw the device moved to shore with the rising tide and towed to Charlestown.

The operation to remove the mine started at 08:00 GMT on Tuesday.

The coastguard's post said: "We would like to thank all involved and the public for their patience and in particular the first informant who did exactly the right thing by calling us."

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