Pleasure vessel suffers engine trouble

A pleasure vessel was towed back to shore by the Arbroath inshore lifeboat on Tuesday morning after suffering engine trouble.

The vessel, which had one person on board, was a mile off the coast at Arbroath when the alarm was raised around 11.45am.

A spokesman for the UK Coastguard said: “The Arbroath inshore lifeboat towed the vessel back into shore.”