, 39, fought for an hour when the porbeagle, which was almost 7ft long and 6ft wide, took his bait

SHARKS are not normally top of the list of things to worry about in British waters-but we do have a few species off our coasts. But which ones can you spot?...

THIS is the astonishing moment a group of fishermen spotted a 10 foot SHARK off the coast of Teesside. The men had baited their hooks in the hunt for cod when they suddenly saw a whopping fin in the water.... Durham village Longnewton, told Teesside Live:" My friend saw it first." He said,'Oh, there's a shark over there'." I thought,' Blimey'." You could see the fin out of the water.... British dad, Paul Millachip, 57, was killed on November 6 while swimming at Port Beach near Perth, Australia

Fisherman Laurie Debono noticed the 10ft shark as it approached the boarder off Shoal Bay.... This incident took place in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia....

On Monday, Jordan Prushinski, 12, was swimming in Maryland, USA, while on holiday with her family. She suddenly felt something touch her leg, suspected it was a crab and ran out. However, the injuries were much more severe than originally predicted as she ended up needing 42 stitches for 20 cuts on her legs. She limped out of the water in Ocean City as beachgoers rushed to her aid.A nurse was available to give her first aid, according to Jordan's mother, Melissa Prushinski. Her parents then rush

THIS is the incredible moment an eagle swoops in on a shark snatching a fisherman's catch off him. Two men can be seen in a video tugging a finned creature out of the water when they are disturbed by a hungry bird.... ” “ What I want to know is who ended up wit the shark?... You get to the point where your legs and arms are shaking and you just think your body is going to give up." When you saw it in the water, you'd think it was a Great White....

BRITISH waters are home to more than 40 different species of shark, including the second largest fish in the world-the massive basking shark. Here are the species most likely to be spotted off the UK coast-but how rare are shark attacks?... 2 A snap was taken of this basking shark off the coast of the Isle of Coll, Scotland Credit: Alamy Which sharks are in UK waters?... In this instance, the shark will bite its victim and leave, usually because the creature has mistaken the swimmer for its na

BELOW the deck of a notorious poaching vessel off the coast of Liberia, coast guard soldiers find a scene of unimaginable gore.... Filmmaker Eli Roth explores the gruesome shark trade in his new film Fin on Discovery+ for Shark Week.... As well as the sharks' suffering, the bloodbath has horrific consequences on communities in some of the poorest places on Earth – not to mention on the future of the ocean....