Cockle pickers have returned to work in the bay where 19 Chinese workers were drowned. About 100 pickers, some on foot and others on tractors and quad bikes, gathered along the Morecambe Bay ...

The bodies of 19 cockle pickers who drowned after they were trapped by racing incoming tides were pulled from the water today. As the tragedy unfurled, speculation grew that the dead workers were ...

Teapot from Paul Scott's 'Cumbrian Blue(s), The Cockle Pickers' Tea Service' Sometimes it’s seeing modern objects which sparks a link between historic pottery and the stories of the transatlantic ...

What is trigging? The old Cornish term for cockle picking, trigging sees people digging through the riverbed at low tide, with the estuary around Helford and St Anthony a particularly popular ...

The area is also a significant site for cockle pickers. Robert Griffiths, from the Burry Inlet Handgatherers Association, told BBC Radio Wales Breakfast the diesel spill will have a big impact on ...

Twenty-three Chinese cockle pickers drowned in February 2004 when caught by the incoming tide in the dark, while working in the waters of Morecambe Bay. Mr Waterfield added the agency would ...