Sperm whale feared dead becoming stranded on UK beach

British Divers Marine Life Rescue was called at about 12.15pm on Good Friday to help with a “large stranded whale” on the beach at Cleethorpes, near Grimsby

A large stranded whale on the beach at Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire (HMCG Cleethorpes)

A sperm whale is feared to have died after it washed up on the east coast of England in Lincolnshire.

British Divers Marine Life Rescue (BDMLR) was called at about 12.15pm on Good Friday to help with a “large stranded whale” on the beach at Cleethorpes, near Grimsby.