Weather eases to aid oil-slick clean-up

STORMS off Spain’s north-western coast abated yesterday, allowing specialised anti-pollution ships to vacuum some of the oil from the tanker Prestige that sank last week.

However, a precautionary ban on fishing was extended to cover 310 miles of affected coastline.

“Three ships from Spain, the Netherlands and France are working about 90 miles off Cape Finisterre where the slick has broken up into smaller fragments,” said Antonio Carro Morano, spokesman for the Interior Ministry in the city of A Coruna.