The former head of the Jersey child abuse investigation today said the ability to secure justice for the victims had been “sacrificed”.

Kevin McGee, chief executive of the University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay which runs the three hospital sites which took those injured from the train crash in Cumbria last night, admitted he had been expecting more casualties.

Six bodies have now been pulled from the Irish Sea following a helicopter crash in the UK yesterday.

A CHINESE gangmaster was convicted yesterday of the manslaughter of 21 cockle pickers who drowned after becoming trapped by rising tides in Morecambe Bay.

A Chinese gangmaster was convicted today of the manslaughter of 21 cockle pickers who drowned after being trapped by rising tides in Morecambe Bay.

THIRTEEN Eastern European migrant winkle pickers were rescued from an exposed island off Skerries in North County Dublin where they were left abandoned in severe weather conditions.

An employer who left 13 eastern European periwinkle pickers stranded on an island has serious questions to answer, a politician said tonight.

Police in England were last night considering whether criminal charges would be brought against gangmasters involved in an alleged turf war between rival cockle picking gangs.

A turf war between rival cockle gangs was blamed tonight for a collision between two tractor vehicles which left more than 140 cockle pickers stranded four miles from shore at Morecambe Bay in England today.

Three people will appear in court today charged over the Morecambe Bay tragedy which claimed the lives of 21 Chinese cocklers, Lancashire Police said.

The death toll in the Morecambe Bay cockling disaster rose to 20 today after a further body was found.

Five people arrested on suspicion of the manslaughter of the 19 Chinese cocklers at Morecambe Bay were released tonight, Lancashire Police said.

China said today it would work with the British government to thwart illegal immigration and people-smuggling following the deaths of 19 Chinese cockle pickers in Morecambe Bay.

DETECTIVES investigating the death of 19 Chinese cocklers in Morecambe Bay have arrested five people on suspicion of manslaughter, police said yesterday.

Two more people were today arrested in connection with the deaths of 19 Chinese cockle pickers, British police said.

Five people have been arrested on suspicion of manslaughter in connection with the deaths of 19 Chinese cocklers in Morecambe Bay in Lancashire, UK police said today.

British police investigating the deaths of 19 Chinese cockle pickers at Morecambe Bay have carried out a series of raids.

British police investigating the deaths of 19 Chinese cockle pickers who were drowned by incoming tides are hunting the gangmasters who recruited the illegal immigrants.

Up to 13 people were feared dead today by rescuers in Britain searching for a group of cockle pickers missing after they were trapped by rising tides.

A BRITISH rocket fanatic hoping to become the first amateur to fly in space in a privately developed craft yesterday unveiled his new rocket capsule.

A group of scientists from a Scottish university is to play a key role in a major programme to find the best way to stop Venice sinking into the sea.

The pilot of a light aircraft has been rescued after ditching in the Irish Sea.