Rescuers rush to help whale stranded in Scottish loch

Animal, thought to be a sperm whale, believed to have become caught in rope in Loch Eriboll

Rescuers are on their way to a loch in the far north of Scotland to help a whale thought to have become ensnared in rope.

The nine-metre (30ft) animal, believed to be a juvenile sperm whale, has become stranded in Loch Eriboll, a 10-mile-long (16km) sea loch on the north coast of Scotland, close to the village of Durness.