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Shocking state of Britain’s bathing waters revealed (www.independent.co.uk)

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The shocking state of Britain’s bathing waters have been laid bare as new figures reveal the number of beauty spots deemed unfit for swimming because of sewage has doubled in a year.

Of England’s 451 protected bathing spots, 37 are now rated as poor – the lowest category – because they contain unsafe levels of potentially deadly bacteria, including E coli and intestinal enterococci, due to sewage spills. The 2024 figures, provided by the Environment Agency, are up from 18 in 2023.

And so far this month, there has been more than 6,000 sewage discharges across England, Scotland and Wales, with alerts issued at 157 beaches through campaign group Surfers Against Sewage’s Safer Seas and Rivers Service app.

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