Plastic pollution

A specialist vacuum is being used to collect smaller plastic nurdles strewn across Norfolk's beaches.

A "retrieval operation" is under way following the crash on 10 March, the coastguard says.

Wildlife groups say the pellets would be devastating for birds and marine animals if ingested.

Volunteers on islands lapped by the Channel will be cleaning beaches in annual litter pick.

The installation will be visiting Grantham, Bourne, Stamford and the Deepings.

The spray bottle tops have been found along Helford River and on beaches in Falmouth and Maenporth.

Campaigners call for a solution to the rise in abandoned boats on Cornwall's rivers and estuaries.

Sessions will target two keys areas in a bid to protect chicks from plastic pollution before March.