Banana containers clear-up operation to begin on Sussex beaches

Work to clear up containers that washed ashore after falling from a cargo ship is due to get under way.

Sixteen containers, mostly full of bananas, fell overboard off the Isle of Wight on Saturday, at about 18:00 GMT.

HM Coastguard said five containers had washed up around Selsey, West Sussex, on Sunday, while others had been spotted offshore, with a coastguard helicopter and fixed wing aircraft carrying out searches.

The coastguard, alongside West Sussex Fire & Rescue Service and Sussex Police, have put cordons around the Selsey containers and asked people not to go near them.