A "poignant" new exhibition is to remember victims of the Morecambe Bay cockling disaster 20 years ago. More than 30 Chinese nationals were harvesting the shellfish from the sands of the bay in ...

THE Police have not ruled out the 2004 Cockling Disaster from their enquiries after human bones were found washed up in Silverdale.

AN MP has tabled an Early Day Motion in Parliament marking twenty years since the Morecambe Bay cockling disaster, and calling for a change in permits. On 5 February 2004, 23 Chinese men and women ...

A submerged 4x4 believed to have been used to transport the Chinese cocklers to the cockling beds. As Lin Liang Ren gave out the orders, many of the Chinese cocklers reluctantly made their way into ...

THIS week marks two decades since the 2004 cockling disaster in Hest Bank near Morecambe, with south Cumbrian coastguard teams paying tribute.

Money Morecambe Bay cockling disaster 20 years on: Union warns exploitation still rife Unite said the Gangmasters Licensing Authority, set up in the wake of the disaster 20 years ago today, in ...

Bay Search and Rescue all terrain transport, rescue and recovery team were called out on the night of February 5, 2004 after a phone call saying there were 20 people in the bay and the tide was coming ...

The 22 Chinese cocklers killed the Morecambe Bay tragedy, 20 years ago. Lancashire Police/PA images We now have the , which experts have said of modern slavery. This is because the act places a ...

Which organisation oversees the cockling industry and how is cockling regulated in the UK? There are 12 Sea Fisheries Committees (SFCs) in England and Wales. These are management bodies which ...

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