Monster 90-ton digger is swamped by incoming tide and knocked out of action after mechanical failure

A 90-TON digger was knocked out of action when it was swamped by the incoming tide.

The £500,000 excavator — being used for coastal defence work — was stranded on a beach by a mechanical failure.

Efforts began to repair the giant scooper before the tide came in.

But when workers realised they could not repair it in time...