Tonnes of dead animals have washed up out of the sea onto UK beaches, including starfish, crabs and razor clams. A long line of dead and dying fish has been found along the beaches between Marske and Saltburn in Teesside.
It follows tonnes of whitebait washing up into a swimming pool in Devon earlier this month. Marske resident Sharon Bell saw a similar wash-up in October 2021, which led to a government investigation into the cause.
Government department Defra launched a probe which said the most likely cause was an algal bloom - but the findings continue to be heavily disputed by fishermen, conservation campaigners and an independent marine expert who maintain high levels of a chemical called pyridine, used in industry, are behind the deaths.
