Dick Durham

Plastic beaches

Boffins find plastic in barnacles, crabs and worms

Timeless bomb

The chances of a massive explosion from a wreck full of unexploded bombs is 'remote' says the Maritime & Coastguard Agency

Trained observers

The National Maritime Museum is raising cash to replace its planetarium

Lifeboat rescue

Passerby spots boat which capsized in light south-easterly winds

Bird’s eye view

Bird watchers scupper major port: now environmentalists turn to Thames Estuary