'It's overwhelming': Plastic from 1960s Canada washes up on Orkney's Sanday

Plastic bottles and debris which appears to have originated in Canada and dates back to the 1960s and 70s has washed up on an Orkney beach.

Litter pickers say they are "overwhelmed" by the amount of plastic they have found on the shoreline at Howar Sands in Sanday over the last few weeks.

David Warner, who organises beach cleans, said he gathered 42 plastic bottles from the shore last year - yet already this year he has found hundreds.

Experts blame "fairly extraordinary weather", with strong south-easterly winds, for the increase in "retro rubbish".