UK: Bomb disposal team called out and beach cordoned off after sea mine found near Porthpean

A Royal Navy bomb disposal team has been deployed after the discovery of a large mine off the Cornish coast.

St Austell Coastguard was called to reports of a large metal buoy off Porthlean at around 1:15pm on Monday 11 March. On inspection, crews believed the object to be a mine, and photos were sent to their ops room to confirm this. Due to challenging tide times that day, a bomb disposal team was deployed at 8am on Tuesday 12 March.