Lemn Sissay's poem about the tragedy has been chalked on to a sea wall Margaret Owen, 71, who has fished these waters her whole life, said: "Nobody thought it could happen in Morecambe Bay.

Members of Morecambe’s Chinese community were left in shock in 2004 after the news of the terrible tragedy in the bay broke. Raymond Chan, spokesman for the Hua Xian Chinese Society, said ...

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 ...

Bay Search and Rescue was set up in in 1999 by founder member Gary Parsons and became a charity in 2001. There are 20 operational volunteers and up to 60 across the whole of the organisation.

The 33-year-old from Liverpool had been held and questioned by Lancashire Constabulary in connection with the Morecambe bay tragedy on February 5. Superintendent Mick Gradwell, leading the ...

Twenty years after 23 cockepicklers drowned in Morecambe Bay, people are still being exploited for their labour in places like care homes. Elaine Willcox recounts meeting the families of those who ...

Kevin Camplin was appointed an MBE for his services to mountain rescue in the county.

A Lancashire mountain rescuer who helped search for Katie Kenyon's body and in the 2015 Boxing Day floods has been handed an MBE.