Deadly bacteria related to cholera will build up around British shores as warming oceans fuelled by climate change push the bugs northwards.

The pathogens have already been detected in the Baltic and the sea around Alaska, a new report reveals.

While sea temperatures around the UK are currently not usually warm enough to support the bacteria, August and September levels along the south coast have been edging above the 15 degree level needed for the disease to build up, with the likelihood being that these periods will get longer and more frequent as oceans get warmer generally.