Morecambe cockling tragedy 20 years on: how The Visitor covered the devastating events

“It was a colleague who had heard something on the radio, ” said Glen.“It was clear from the 24-hour news channels on the TV that something big was happening.

"We didn’t have twitter or text alerts then. I called Nigel Slater, our photographer, and Ingrid Kent, our news editor, to make sure we could get reporters and photographers to the scene.”Glen rushed to The Visitor office where the phone was ringing off the hook from worried members of the public, quizzing him for information.“My former colleague Derek Quinn was working for the police then, so I was on the phone to him.