Environmental disaster feared as hundreds of oil-covered seabirds washed up in Devon

Thousands of birds have been covered in black oil leaking from the MSC Napoli, which was beached off the Devon coast.

The crowds who had excitedly combed beaches for the washed-up cargo of motorbikes,carpets, women's shoes and nappies were accused of increasing the long-term negative environmental impact to the Jurassic coast, a Unesco World Heritage Site.