Beachgoers have been warned to take care after an increase in incidents involving weever fish on the Lincolnshire coast. National Coastwatch Mablethorpe said five people had been stung in recent days.

They’re the bane of Cornwall beachgoers every summer – and anyone who has stood on one will attest to the pain caused by those tiny spines hiding underneath the sand in the shallows.

Beachgoers in East Yorkshire are being warned to wear shoes for paddling in the sea after a number of people were stung by weever fish. Weever fish are about six inches long (15cm) and have ...