Brecon Beacons: Gorge walker suffers spinal injury in fall

A gorge walker has suffered a spinal injury after falling at a south Wales beauty spot.

Mountain rescue teams were called at about 13:45 BST on Sunday to Sgwd y Pannwr, near Ystradfellte in the Brecon Beacons.

The man, who has not been named, was carried by stretcher to a waiting ambulance and taken to hospital.

"We have learnt from the family he had suffered two fractures of vertebrae," Central Beacons Mountain Rescue said.

"We wish him a speedy recovery," the team added.