Anyone who reads Alex Renton’s piece this morning (Deep End: What rapid changes means for our seas, pages 13, 14 and 15) cannot but be concerned about the destruction he describes; anyone who reads the piece and thinks about how we reached this dangerous point and how little we are doing to reverse the unfolding apocalypse — not by any means too strong a phrase — cannot but be frightened and angry.

The disaster we’ve wrought on the world’s oceans may be irrevocable, says Alex Renton.

There too few coalition troops in Iraq to bring order to the country, the British number two in the humanitarian effort said today.