Diver Stephen Smith said volunteers for the charity Clean Planet UK removed two tonnes of abandoned or lost "ghost" fishing nets, line and rope from the sea between Hartlepool and Saltburn last year.

Such wash-ups have been reported at Bran Sands at Redcar, Seaton Carew and Saltburn in the past few ... they are not fishing close to the shore because there is no catch. NEIFCA senior ...