Thousands of starfish have washed up on a beach in Fife. The animals were seen stranded on the beach front at Kirkcaldy promenade as well as on a nearby rocky section of the coastline on Monday. Fife ...

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Vlodek Liber was walking at Wardie Bay in Granton on Friday when he happened upon thousands of dead starfish which had been stranded on the sand. He said: “I’m passing by on a daily basis so I quite ...