JOHN PRESCOTT has ordered a review of the way inquiries into major accidents are carried out in the face of mounting criticism of the time it takes to find out the causes.

IT WOULD have been the fishing story of the year. Television stations would have clamoured to interview me. The word "hero" would have featured frequently in articles. The Sun would have set up a picture of Melinda Messenger gazing adoringly into my eyes. Mayors would have offered me the freedom of the town. Instead, it's just another story of the one that got away.

THE INQUIRY into the Gaul trawler disaster is to be reopened after the discovery of new evidence suggesting open hatch doors could be linked to the accident in which 36 men died.

WHAT APPEAR to be remains of crew members of the trawler Gaul, which was lost in mysterious circumstances off the Norwegian coast 24 years ago, have been filmed inside the wreck.

MARINE INVESTIGATORS sent down unmanned submarines yesterday to the final resting place of the Hull trawler Gaul as they started their efforts to solve the mystery of why it sank 24 years ago.

Experts take first step in solving mystery of sunken trawler

ONE OF the great British sea mysteries - what happened to the Hull trawler, the Gaul - may be answered this week. Mansal 18, a purpose- built survey ship hired by the British government to examine the wreck of the trawler, sets sail this afternoon from Kristiansund, in Norway.

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THE Government moved yesterday to crack down on "black fish" - the vast tonnages of cod, haddock and other species caught over and above quotas which are jeopardising North Sea stocks. Ministers intend to bring in a new system where large trawlers can only land their catch at named fishing ports during certain times of day.

A failure to close several hatches on the Sapphire trawler, which sank last year with the loss of four lives, was partly to blame for the tragedy, investigators revealed yesterday.

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An `unsinkable' trawler went down 23 years ago with all 36 hands on board in mysterious circumstances. Colin Brown, Chief Political Correspondent, reports that the Government will pay for an underwater survey which could solve the enigma of the Gaul.