Girl treated after ravine rescue

The area is popular with walkers (pic Carl Ryan)

A six-year-old girl is being treated in hospital after she and her father were rescued from a waterfall at a beauty spot in the Brecon Beacons.

The pair, from the Bedfordshire area, were winched to safety from the River Tawe by a coastguard helicopter.

It is thought the man slipped and broke his ankle while trying to save his daughter at about 1630 BST on Saturday.

Both were taken to Morriston Hospital in Swansea for treatment.

The rescue took place at Fan Hir in Glyntawe.

The 33-year-old man and his daughter were walking on the mountain when they fell 15 metres into a ravine gorge which has a river running through it and a small waterfall.

They were airlifted to Morriston Hospital, where the man was discharged on Sunday morning.

When you are dealing with spinal injuries, you don't rush things Helicopter pilot Kevin Balls

His daughter remains in hospital where her condition is described as comfortable.

A rescue helicopter from Portland Coastguard was dispatched to the incident after a request from Dyfed Powys Police.

Pilot Kevin Balls said the rescue had been "quite tricky".

"It was also complicated by the fact there was a waterfall," he said.

He said the casualties must have been getting cold and wet during the rescue.

"We were there for about 45 minutes - it takes some time to prepare the casualties and put them into stretchers.

"And when you are dealing with spinal injuries, you don't rush things."

Second incident

Portland Coastguard Watch Manager Ros Evans said: "This was a tricky rescue for the helicopter crew in an area far from their normal area of operation.

"This rescue emphasises the cooperation between multi-service search and rescue organisations".

The helicopter from Portland had been returning from the rescue of a man who had fallen 50ft down a gully in Somerset.

It was called to assist teams from Weston-super-Mare and Burnham-on-Sea after the swiftly-rising tide put the man in danger.

He was airlifted to hospital, where he was treated for head and leg injuries.