Since the disaster, Chinese migrants are thought to have moved away from north-west England: there were none among the cocklers who returned to the sands near Hest Bank on February 10th.

ECONOMIST: Why did 19 Chinese cockle-pickers drown in Morecambe Bay?

West Bay at Westgate was named for the second year in a row, while Margate Main Sands regained the Blue Flag that it last held in 2004.

BBC: The Blue Flag awards highlight the best and safest beaches