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No swimming, no surfing: how a summer of sewage is ruining the British seaside day out.
Red flags are going up on beaches from Scarborough to Whitstable as pollution levels soar and businesses are forced to close due to sewage discharges.
Yorkshire Water says it has spent more than £100m in recent years improving local processing facilities.
Meanwhile, the sewage keeps coming. A massive discharge near Blackpool on Tuesday comes after 69,000 such events last year across the UK’s north-west from United Utilities. Yet the company still found the money to pay £300m in dividends to shareholders.
Windfarm as seen from the beach at New Brighton . Blackpool Council have said that swimmers should not swim at beaches along its coast after raw sewage was released in to the Irish Sea , reportedly as a consequence of a storm , earlier this week
15/06/2023. Merseyside, UK.
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DUKAS_157438591_EYE
No swimming, no surfing: how a summer of sewage is ruining the British seaside day out.
Red flags are going up on beaches from Scarborough to Whitstable as pollution levels soar and businesses are forced to close due to sewage discharges.
The sun has been shining on Scarborough's South Bay all week, but Steve Crawford isn't opening up the surf shop he's so proud of because the water isn't safe to swim in.
Poor water quality linked to pollution has been a problem here for many years. But this is the first time Crawford has had to shut completely.
In a place like Scarborough, summer really matters: this is when the town comes alive, with donkeys and colourful bucket-and-spade shops filled with excited children.
But here and across the country, just as Britain’s beaches should be filling up, sewage and pollution are shutting them down.
The figures are alarming. Between 15 May and 30 September last year, sewage was dumped into designated bathing waters more than 5,000 times. There were an average of 825 sewage spills every single day into England's waterways in 2022.
Sunbathers on the beach in Scarborough, north Yorkshire. The water quality in Scarborough is poor due to the impact of sewage being discharged into the sea.
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DUKAS_157438726_EYE
No swimming, no surfing: how a summer of sewage is ruining the British seaside day out.
Red flags are going up on beaches from Scarborough to Whitstable as pollution levels soar and businesses are forced to close due to sewage discharges.
The sun has been shining on Scarborough's South Bay all week, but Steve Crawford isn't opening up the surf shop he's so proud of because the water isn't safe to swim in.
Poor water quality linked to pollution has been a problem here for many years. But this is the first time Crawford has had to shut completely.
In a place like Scarborough, summer really matters: this is when the town comes alive, with donkeys and colourful bucket-and-spade shops filled with excited children.
But here and across the country, just as Britain’s beaches should be filling up, sewage and pollution are shutting them down.
The figures are alarming. Between 15 May and 30 September last year, sewage was dumped into designated bathing waters more than 5,000 times. There were an average of 825 sewage spills every single day into England's waterways in 2022.
Steve Crawford, the owner of Fluid concept surf shop in Scarborough, north Yorkshire. Steve has owned the shop for 17 years and has recently been forced to close the shop as the sea is unsafe ,the water quality in Scarborough is poor due to the impact of sewage being discharged into the sea.
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DUKAS_157438725_EYE
No swimming, no surfing: how a summer of sewage is ruining the British seaside day out.
Red flags are going up on beaches from Scarborough to Whitstable as pollution levels soar and businesses are forced to close due to sewage discharges.
The sun has been shining on Scarborough's South Bay all week, but Steve Crawford isn't opening up the surf shop he's so proud of because the water isn't safe to swim in.
Poor water quality linked to pollution has been a problem here for many years. But this is the first time Crawford has had to shut completely.
In a place like Scarborough, summer really matters: this is when the town comes alive, with donkeys and colourful bucket-and-spade shops filled with excited children.
But here and across the country, just as Britain’s beaches should be filling up, sewage and pollution are shutting them down.
The figures are alarming. Between 15 May and 30 September last year, sewage was dumped into designated bathing waters more than 5,000 times. There were an average of 825 sewage spills every single day into England's waterways in 2022.
People stroll in the water at Scarborough beach, north Yorkshire. The water quality in Scarborough is poor due to the impact of sewage being discharged into the sea.
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DUKAS_157114053_EYE
No swimming, no surfing: how a summer of sewage is ruining the British seaside day out.
Red flags are going up on beaches from Scarborough to Whitstable as pollution levels soar and businesses are forced to close due to sewage discharges.
Yorkshire Water says it has spent more than £100m in recent years improving local processing facilities.
Meanwhile, the sewage keeps coming. A massive discharge near Blackpool on Tuesday comes after 69,000 such events last year across the UK’s north-west from United Utilities. Yet the company still found the money to pay £300m in dividends to shareholders.
Beach cleaning volunteers DAVE PEDDIE and JAN PEDDIE clean up waste and watch for pollution at the beach at New Brighton . Blackpool Council have said that swimmers should not swim at beaches along its coast after raw sewage was released in to the Irish Sea , reportedly as a consequence of a storm , earlier this week
15/06/2023. Merseyside, UK.
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DUKAS_157113880_EYE
No swimming, no surfing: how a summer of sewage is ruining the British seaside day out.
Red flags are going up on beaches from Scarborough to Whitstable as pollution levels soar and businesses are forced to close due to sewage discharges.
Yorkshire Water says it has spent more than £100m in recent years improving local processing facilities.
Meanwhile, the sewage keeps coming. A massive discharge near Blackpool on Tuesday comes after 69,000 such events last year across the UK’s north-west from United Utilities. Yet the company still found the money to pay £300m in dividends to shareholders.
Beach cleaning volunteers DAVE PEDDIE and JAN PEDDIE clean up waste and watch for pollution at the beach at New Brighton . Blackpool Council have said that swimmers should not swim at beaches along its coast after raw sewage was released in to the Irish Sea , reportedly as a consequence of a storm , earlier this week
15/06/2023. Merseyside, UK.
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DUKAS_157114056_EYE
No swimming, no surfing: how a summer of sewage is ruining the British seaside day out.
Red flags are going up on beaches from Scarborough to Whitstable as pollution levels soar and businesses are forced to close due to sewage discharges.
Yorkshire Water says it has spent more than £100m in recent years improving local processing facilities.
Meanwhile, the sewage keeps coming. A massive discharge near Blackpool on Tuesday comes after 69,000 such events last year across the UK’s north-west from United Utilities. Yet the company still found the money to pay £300m in dividends to shareholders.
Beach cleaning volunteers DAVE PEDDIE and JAN PEDDIE clean up waste and watch for pollution at the beach at New Brighton . Blackpool Council have said that swimmers should not swim at beaches along its coast after raw sewage was released in to the Irish Sea , reportedly as a consequence of a storm , earlier this week
15/06/2023. Merseyside, UK.
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DUKAS_157114050_EYE
No swimming, no surfing: how a summer of sewage is ruining the British seaside day out.
Red flags are going up on beaches from Scarborough to Whitstable as pollution levels soar and businesses are forced to close due to sewage discharges.
Yorkshire Water says it has spent more than £100m in recent years improving local processing facilities.
Meanwhile, the sewage keeps coming. A massive discharge near Blackpool on Tuesday comes after 69,000 such events last year across the UK’s north-west from United Utilities. Yet the company still found the money to pay £300m in dividends to shareholders.
Beach cleaning volunteers DAVE PEDDIE and JAN PEDDIE clean up waste and watch for pollution at the beach at New Brighton . Blackpool Council have said that swimmers should not swim at beaches along its coast after raw sewage was released in to the Irish Sea , reportedly as a consequence of a storm , earlier this week
15/06/2023. Merseyside, UK.
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DUKAS_157113882_EYE
No swimming, no surfing: how a summer of sewage is ruining the British seaside day out.
Red flags are going up on beaches from Scarborough to Whitstable as pollution levels soar and businesses are forced to close due to sewage discharges.
Yorkshire Water says it has spent more than £100m in recent years improving local processing facilities.
Meanwhile, the sewage keeps coming. A massive discharge near Blackpool on Tuesday comes after 69,000 such events last year across the UK’s north-west from United Utilities. Yet the company still found the money to pay £300m in dividends to shareholders.
Beach cleaning volunteers DAVE PEDDIE and JAN PEDDIE clean up waste and watch for pollution at the beach at New Brighton . Blackpool Council have said that swimmers should not swim at beaches along its coast after raw sewage was released in to the Irish Sea , reportedly as a consequence of a storm , earlier this week
15/06/2023. Merseyside, UK.
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DUKAS_157114058_EYE
No swimming, no surfing: how a summer of sewage is ruining the British seaside day out.
Red flags are going up on beaches from Scarborough to Whitstable as pollution levels soar and businesses are forced to close due to sewage discharges.
Yorkshire Water says it has spent more than £100m in recent years improving local processing facilities.
Meanwhile, the sewage keeps coming. A massive discharge near Blackpool on Tuesday comes after 69,000 such events last year across the UK’s north-west from United Utilities. Yet the company still found the money to pay £300m in dividends to shareholders.
Beach cleaning volunteers DAVE PEDDIE and JAN PEDDIE clean up waste and watch for pollution at the beach at New Brighton . Blackpool Council have said that swimmers should not swim at beaches along its coast after raw sewage was released in to the Irish Sea , reportedly as a consequence of a storm , earlier this week
15/06/2023. Merseyside, UK.
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DUKAS_157438728_EYE
No swimming, no surfing: how a summer of sewage is ruining the British seaside day out.
Red flags are going up on beaches from Scarborough to Whitstable as pollution levels soar and businesses are forced to close due to sewage discharges.
The sun has been shining on Scarborough's South Bay all week, but Steve Crawford isn't opening up the surf shop he's so proud of because the water isn't safe to swim in.
Poor water quality linked to pollution has been a problem here for many years. But this is the first time Crawford has had to shut completely.
In a place like Scarborough, summer really matters: this is when the town comes alive, with donkeys and colourful bucket-and-spade shops filled with excited children.
But here and across the country, just as Britain’s beaches should be filling up, sewage and pollution are shutting them down.
The figures are alarming. Between 15 May and 30 September last year, sewage was dumped into designated bathing waters more than 5,000 times. There were an average of 825 sewage spills every single day into England's waterways in 2022.
Signs on the beach in Scarborough, north Yorkshire. The water quality in Scarborough is poor due to the impact of sewage being discharged into the sea.
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DUKAS_157438694_EYE
No swimming, no surfing: how a summer of sewage is ruining the British seaside day out.
Red flags are going up on beaches from Scarborough to Whitstable as pollution levels soar and businesses are forced to close due to sewage discharges.
The sun has been shining on Scarborough's South Bay all week, but Steve Crawford isn't opening up the surf shop he's so proud of because the water isn't safe to swim in.
Poor water quality linked to pollution has been a problem here for many years. But this is the first time Crawford has had to shut completely.
In a place like Scarborough, summer really matters: this is when the town comes alive, with donkeys and colourful bucket-and-spade shops filled with excited children.
But here and across the country, just as Britain’s beaches should be filling up, sewage and pollution are shutting them down.
The figures are alarming. Between 15 May and 30 September last year, sewage was dumped into designated bathing waters more than 5,000 times. There were an average of 825 sewage spills every single day into England's waterways in 2022.
Warning signs on the beach in Scarborough, north Yorkshire where the the sea is unsafe ,the water quality in Scarborough is poor due to the impact of sewage being discharged into the sea.
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DUKAS_157438688_EYE
No swimming, no surfing: how a summer of sewage is ruining the British seaside day out.
Red flags are going up on beaches from Scarborough to Whitstable as pollution levels soar and businesses are forced to close due to sewage discharges.
The sun has been shining on Scarborough's South Bay all week, but Steve Crawford isn't opening up the surf shop he's so proud of because the water isn't safe to swim in.
Poor water quality linked to pollution has been a problem here for many years. But this is the first time Crawford has had to shut completely.
In a place like Scarborough, summer really matters: this is when the town comes alive, with donkeys and colourful bucket-and-spade shops filled with excited children.
But here and across the country, just as Britain’s beaches should be filling up, sewage and pollution are shutting them down.
The figures are alarming. Between 15 May and 30 September last year, sewage was dumped into designated bathing waters more than 5,000 times. There were an average of 825 sewage spills every single day into England's waterways in 2022.
A woman and child in the sea in Scarborough, north Yorkshire where the sea is unsafe ,the water quality in Scarborough is poor due to the impact of sewage being discharged into the sea.
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DUKAS_157438690_EYE
No swimming, no surfing: how a summer of sewage is ruining the British seaside day out.
Red flags are going up on beaches from Scarborough to Whitstable as pollution levels soar and businesses are forced to close due to sewage discharges.
The sun has been shining on Scarborough's South Bay all week, but Steve Crawford isn't opening up the surf shop he's so proud of because the water isn't safe to swim in.
Poor water quality linked to pollution has been a problem here for many years. But this is the first time Crawford has had to shut completely.
In a place like Scarborough, summer really matters: this is when the town comes alive, with donkeys and colourful bucket-and-spade shops filled with excited children.
But here and across the country, just as Britain’s beaches should be filling up, sewage and pollution are shutting them down.
The figures are alarming. Between 15 May and 30 September last year, sewage was dumped into designated bathing waters more than 5,000 times. There were an average of 825 sewage spills every single day into England's waterways in 2022.
A woman and child in the sea in Scarborough, north Yorkshire. where the sea is unsafe ,the water quality in Scarborough is poor due to the impact of sewage being discharged into the sea.
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DUKAS_157114049_EYE
No swimming, no surfing: how a summer of sewage is ruining the British seaside day out.
Red flags are going up on beaches from Scarborough to Whitstable as pollution levels soar and businesses are forced to close due to sewage discharges.
Yorkshire Water says it has spent more than £100m in recent years improving local processing facilities.
Meanwhile, the sewage keeps coming. A massive discharge near Blackpool on Tuesday comes after 69,000 such events last year across the UK’s north-west from United Utilities. Yet the company still found the money to pay £300m in dividends to shareholders.
Beach cleaning volunteers JAN PEDDIE, MANISHA PANDYA and DAVE PEDDIE clean up waste and watch for pollution at the beach at New Brighton . Blackpool Council have said that swimmers should not swim at beaches along its coast after raw sewage was released in to the Irish Sea , reportedly as a consequence of a storm , earlier this week
15/06/2023. Merseyside, UK.
© Joel Goodman / Guardian / eyevine
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DUKAS_157114062_EYE
No swimming, no surfing: how a summer of sewage is ruining the British seaside day out.
Red flags are going up on beaches from Scarborough to Whitstable as pollution levels soar and businesses are forced to close due to sewage discharges.
Yorkshire Water says it has spent more than £100m in recent years improving local processing facilities.
Meanwhile, the sewage keeps coming. A massive discharge near Blackpool on Tuesday comes after 69,000 such events last year across the UK’s north-west from United Utilities. Yet the company still found the money to pay £300m in dividends to shareholders.
Beach cleaning volunteers JAN PEDDIE, MANISHA PANDYA, SHANE FRANKLIN and DAVE PEDDIE clean up waste and watch for pollution at the beach at New Brighton . Blackpool Council have said that swimmers should not swim at beaches along its coast after raw sewage was released in to the Irish Sea , reportedly as a consequence of a storm , earlier this week
15/06/2023. Merseyside, UK.
© Joel Goodman / Guardian / eyevine
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DUKAS_157114065_EYE
No swimming, no surfing: how a summer of sewage is ruining the British seaside day out.
Red flags are going up on beaches from Scarborough to Whitstable as pollution levels soar and businesses are forced to close due to sewage discharges.
Yorkshire Water says it has spent more than £100m in recent years improving local processing facilities.
Meanwhile, the sewage keeps coming. A massive discharge near Blackpool on Tuesday comes after 69,000 such events last year across the UK’s north-west from United Utilities. Yet the company still found the money to pay £300m in dividends to shareholders.
Beach cleaning volunteers JAN PEDDIE, MANISHA PANDYA, SHANE FRANKLIN and DAVE PEDDIE clean up waste and watch for pollution at the beach at New Brighton . Blackpool Council have said that swimmers should not swim at beaches along its coast after raw sewage was released in to the Irish Sea , reportedly as a consequence of a storm , earlier this week
15/06/2023. Merseyside, UK.
© Joel Goodman / Guardian / eyevine
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DUKAS_157438689_EYE
No swimming, no surfing: how a summer of sewage is ruining the British seaside day out.
Red flags are going up on beaches from Scarborough to Whitstable as pollution levels soar and businesses are forced to close due to sewage discharges.
The sun has been shining on Scarborough's South Bay all week, but Steve Crawford isn't opening up the surf shop he's so proud of because the water isn't safe to swim in.
Poor water quality linked to pollution has been a problem here for many years. But this is the first time Crawford has had to shut completely.
In a place like Scarborough, summer really matters: this is when the town comes alive, with donkeys and colourful bucket-and-spade shops filled with excited children.
But here and across the country, just as Britain’s beaches should be filling up, sewage and pollution are shutting them down.
The figures are alarming. Between 15 May and 30 September last year, sewage was dumped into designated bathing waters more than 5,000 times. There were an average of 825 sewage spills every single day into England's waterways in 2022.
Steve Crawford, the owner of Fluid concept surf shop on the beach in Scarborough, north Yorkshire. Steve has owned the shop for 17 years and has recently been forced to close the shop as the sea is unsafe ,the water quality in Scarborough is poor due to the impact of sewage being discharged into the sea.
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DUKAS_157438691_EYE
No swimming, no surfing: how a summer of sewage is ruining the British seaside day out.
Red flags are going up on beaches from Scarborough to Whitstable as pollution levels soar and businesses are forced to close due to sewage discharges.
The sun has been shining on Scarborough's South Bay all week, but Steve Crawford isn't opening up the surf shop he's so proud of because the water isn't safe to swim in.
Poor water quality linked to pollution has been a problem here for many years. But this is the first time Crawford has had to shut completely.
In a place like Scarborough, summer really matters: this is when the town comes alive, with donkeys and colourful bucket-and-spade shops filled with excited children.
But here and across the country, just as Britain’s beaches should be filling up, sewage and pollution are shutting them down.
The figures are alarming. Between 15 May and 30 September last year, sewage was dumped into designated bathing waters more than 5,000 times. There were an average of 825 sewage spills every single day into England's waterways in 2022.
Steve Crawford, the owner of Fluid concept surf shop in the sea at Scarborough, north Yorkshire. Steve has owned the shop for 17 years and has recently been forced to close the shop as the sea is unsafe ,the water quality in Scarborough is poor due to the impact of sewage being discharged into the sea.
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DUKAS_157438687_EYE
No swimming, no surfing: how a summer of sewage is ruining the British seaside day out.
Red flags are going up on beaches from Scarborough to Whitstable as pollution levels soar and businesses are forced to close due to sewage discharges.
The sun has been shining on Scarborough's South Bay all week, but Steve Crawford isn't opening up the surf shop he's so proud of because the water isn't safe to swim in.
Poor water quality linked to pollution has been a problem here for many years. But this is the first time Crawford has had to shut completely.
In a place like Scarborough, summer really matters: this is when the town comes alive, with donkeys and colourful bucket-and-spade shops filled with excited children.
But here and across the country, just as Britain’s beaches should be filling up, sewage and pollution are shutting them down.
The figures are alarming. Between 15 May and 30 September last year, sewage was dumped into designated bathing waters more than 5,000 times. There were an average of 825 sewage spills every single day into England's waterways in 2022.
Steve Crawford, the owner of Fluid concept surf shop in the sea in Scarborough, north Yorkshire. Steve has owned the shop for 17 years and has recently been forced to close the shop as the sea is unsafe ,the water quality in Scarborough is poor due to the impact of sewage being discharged into the sea.
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DUKAS_157438692_EYE
No swimming, no surfing: how a summer of sewage is ruining the British seaside day out.
Red flags are going up on beaches from Scarborough to Whitstable as pollution levels soar and businesses are forced to close due to sewage discharges.
The sun has been shining on Scarborough's South Bay all week, but Steve Crawford isn't opening up the surf shop he's so proud of because the water isn't safe to swim in.
Poor water quality linked to pollution has been a problem here for many years. But this is the first time Crawford has had to shut completely.
In a place like Scarborough, summer really matters: this is when the town comes alive, with donkeys and colourful bucket-and-spade shops filled with excited children.
But here and across the country, just as Britain’s beaches should be filling up, sewage and pollution are shutting them down.
The figures are alarming. Between 15 May and 30 September last year, sewage was dumped into designated bathing waters more than 5,000 times. There were an average of 825 sewage spills every single day into England's waterways in 2022.
Steve Crawford, the owner of Fluid concept surf shop in Scarborough, north Yorkshire. Steve has owned the shop for 17 years and has recently been forced to close the shop as the sea is unsafe ,the water quality in Scarborough is poor due to the impact of sewage being discharged into the sea.
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DUKAS_157113886_EYE
No swimming, no surfing: how a summer of sewage is ruining the British seaside day out.
Red flags are going up on beaches from Scarborough to Whitstable as pollution levels soar and businesses are forced to close due to sewage discharges.
Yorkshire Water says it has spent more than £100m in recent years improving local processing facilities.
Meanwhile, the sewage keeps coming. A massive discharge near Blackpool on Tuesday comes after 69,000 such events last year across the UK’s north-west from United Utilities. Yet the company still found the money to pay £300m in dividends to shareholders.
Beach cleaning volunteer SHANE FRANKLIN cleans up waste and watches for pollution at the beach at New Brighton . Blackpool Council have said that swimmers should not swim at beaches along its coast after raw sewage was released in to the Irish Sea , reportedly as a consequence of a storm , earlier this week
15/06/2023. Merseyside, UK.
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DUKAS_157114072_EYE
No swimming, no surfing: how a summer of sewage is ruining the British seaside day out.
Red flags are going up on beaches from Scarborough to Whitstable as pollution levels soar and businesses are forced to close due to sewage discharges.
Yorkshire Water says it has spent more than £100m in recent years improving local processing facilities.
Meanwhile, the sewage keeps coming. A massive discharge near Blackpool on Tuesday comes after 69,000 such events last year across the UK’s north-west from United Utilities. Yet the company still found the money to pay £300m in dividends to shareholders.
Beach cleaning volunteer SHANE FRANKLIN cleans up waste and watches for pollution at the beach at New Brighton . Blackpool Council have said that swimmers should not swim at beaches along its coast after raw sewage was released in to the Irish Sea , reportedly as a consequence of a storm , earlier this week
15/06/2023. Merseyside, UK.
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No swimming, no surfing: how a summer of sewage is ruining the British seaside day out.
Red flags are going up on beaches from Scarborough to Whitstable as pollution levels soar and businesses are forced to close due to sewage discharges.
The sun has been shining on Scarborough's South Bay all week, but Steve Crawford isn't opening up the surf shop he's so proud of because the water isn't safe to swim in.
Poor water quality linked to pollution has been a problem here for many years. But this is the first time Crawford has had to shut completely.
In a place like Scarborough, summer really matters: this is when the town comes alive, with donkeys and colourful bucket-and-spade shops filled with excited children.
But here and across the country, just as Britain’s beaches should be filling up, sewage and pollution are shutting them down.
The figures are alarming. Between 15 May and 30 September last year, sewage was dumped into designated bathing waters more than 5,000 times. There were an average of 825 sewage spills every single day into England's waterways in 2022.
Steve Crawford, the owner of Fluid concept surf shop in Scarborough, north Yorkshire. Steve has owned the shop for 17 years and has recently been forced to close the shop as the sea is unsafe ,the water quality in Scarborough is poor due to the impact of sewage being discharged into the sea.
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No swimming, no surfing: how a summer of sewage is ruining the British seaside day out.
Red flags are going up on beaches from Scarborough to Whitstable as pollution levels soar and businesses are forced to close due to sewage discharges.
The sun has been shining on Scarborough's South Bay all week, but Steve Crawford isn't opening up the surf shop he's so proud of because the water isn't safe to swim in.
Poor water quality linked to pollution has been a problem here for many years. But this is the first time Crawford has had to shut completely.
In a place like Scarborough, summer really matters: this is when the town comes alive, with donkeys and colourful bucket-and-spade shops filled with excited children.
But here and across the country, just as Britain’s beaches should be filling up, sewage and pollution are shutting them down.
The figures are alarming. Between 15 May and 30 September last year, sewage was dumped into designated bathing waters more than 5,000 times. There were an average of 825 sewage spills every single day into England's waterways in 2022.
Steve Crawford, the owner of Fluid concept surf shop in Scarborough, north Yorkshire. Steve has owned the shop for 17 years and has recently been forced to close the shop as the sea is unsafe ,the water quality in Scarborough is poor due to the impact of sewage being discharged into the sea.
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No swimming, no surfing: how a summer of sewage is ruining the British seaside day out.
Red flags are going up on beaches from Scarborough to Whitstable as pollution levels soar and businesses are forced to close due to sewage discharges.
Yorkshire Water says it has spent more than £100m in recent years improving local processing facilities.
Meanwhile, the sewage keeps coming. A massive discharge near Blackpool on Tuesday comes after 69,000 such events last year across the UK’s north-west from United Utilities. Yet the company still found the money to pay £300m in dividends to shareholders.
Beach cleaning volunteers DAVE PEDDIE and JAN PEDDIE clean up waste and watch for pollution at the beach at New Brighton . Blackpool Council have said that swimmers should not swim at beaches along its coast after raw sewage was released in to the Irish Sea , reportedly as a consequence of a storm , earlier this week
15/06/2023. Merseyside, UK.
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No swimming, no surfing: how a summer of sewage is ruining the British seaside day out.
Red flags are going up on beaches from Scarborough to Whitstable as pollution levels soar and businesses are forced to close due to sewage discharges.
Yorkshire Water says it has spent more than £100m in recent years improving local processing facilities.
Meanwhile, the sewage keeps coming. A massive discharge near Blackpool on Tuesday comes after 69,000 such events last year across the UK’s north-west from United Utilities. Yet the company still found the money to pay £300m in dividends to shareholders.
Beach cleaning volunteers DAVE PEDDIE and JAN PEDDIE clean up waste and watch for pollution at the beach at New Brighton . Blackpool Council have said that swimmers should not swim at beaches along its coast after raw sewage was released in to the Irish Sea , reportedly as a consequence of a storm , earlier this week
15/06/2023. Merseyside, UK.
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No swimming, no surfing: how a summer of sewage is ruining the British seaside day out.
Red flags are going up on beaches from Scarborough to Whitstable as pollution levels soar and businesses are forced to close due to sewage discharges.
Yorkshire Water says it has spent more than £100m in recent years improving local processing facilities.
Meanwhile, the sewage keeps coming. A massive discharge near Blackpool on Tuesday comes after 69,000 such events last year across the UK’s north-west from United Utilities. Yet the company still found the money to pay £300m in dividends to shareholders.
Beach cleaning volunteers DAVE PEDDIE and JAN PEDDIE clean up waste and watch for pollution at the beach at New Brighton . Blackpool Council have said that swimmers should not swim at beaches along its coast after raw sewage was released in to the Irish Sea , reportedly as a consequence of a storm , earlier this week
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No swimming, no surfing: how a summer of sewage is ruining the British seaside day out.
Red flags are going up on beaches from Scarborough to Whitstable as pollution levels soar and businesses are forced to close due to sewage discharges.
The sun has been shining on Scarborough's South Bay all week, but Steve Crawford isn't opening up the surf shop he's so proud of because the water isn't safe to swim in.
Poor water quality linked to pollution has been a problem here for many years. But this is the first time Crawford has had to shut completely.
In a place like Scarborough, summer really matters: this is when the town comes alive, with donkeys and colourful bucket-and-spade shops filled with excited children.
But here and across the country, just as Britain’s beaches should be filling up, sewage and pollution are shutting them down.
The figures are alarming. Between 15 May and 30 September last year, sewage was dumped into designated bathing waters more than 5,000 times. There were an average of 825 sewage spills every single day into England's waterways in 2022.
Steve Crawford, the owner of Fluid concept surf shop in Scarborough, north Yorkshire. Steve has owned the shop for 17 years and has recently been forced to close the shop as the sea is unsafe ,the water quality in Scarborough is poor due to the impact of sewage being discharged into the sea.
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No swimming, no surfing: how a summer of sewage is ruining the British seaside day out.
Red flags are going up on beaches from Scarborough to Whitstable as pollution levels soar and businesses are forced to close due to sewage discharges.
Yorkshire Water says it has spent more than £100m in recent years improving local processing facilities.
Meanwhile, the sewage keeps coming. A massive discharge near Blackpool on Tuesday comes after 69,000 such events last year across the UK’s north-west from United Utilities. Yet the company still found the money to pay £300m in dividends to shareholders.
Beach cleaning volunteers DAVE PEDDIE and JAN PEDDIE clean up waste and watch for pollution at the beach at New Brighton . Blackpool Council have said that swimmers should not swim at beaches along its coast after raw sewage was released in to the Irish Sea , reportedly as a consequence of a storm , earlier this week
15/06/2023. Merseyside, UK.
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No swimming, no surfing: how a summer of sewage is ruining the British seaside day out.
Red flags are going up on beaches from Scarborough to Whitstable as pollution levels soar and businesses are forced to close due to sewage discharges.
The sun has been shining on Scarborough's South Bay all week, but Steve Crawford isn't opening up the surf shop he's so proud of because the water isn't safe to swim in.
Poor water quality linked to pollution has been a problem here for many years. But this is the first time Crawford has had to shut completely.
In a place like Scarborough, summer really matters: this is when the town comes alive, with donkeys and colourful bucket-and-spade shops filled with excited children.
But here and across the country, just as Britain’s beaches should be filling up, sewage and pollution are shutting them down.
The figures are alarming. Between 15 May and 30 September last year, sewage was dumped into designated bathing waters more than 5,000 times. There were an average of 825 sewage spills every single day into England's waterways in 2022.
Steve Crawford, the owner of Fluid concept surf shop in Scarborough, north Yorkshire. Steve has owned the shop for 17 years and has recently been forced to close the shop as the sea is unsafe ,the water quality in Scarborough is poor due to the impact of sewage being discharged into the sea.
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No swimming, no surfing: how a summer of sewage is ruining the British seaside day out.
Red flags are going up on beaches from Scarborough to Whitstable as pollution levels soar and businesses are forced to close due to sewage discharges.
Yorkshire Water says it has spent more than £100m in recent years improving local processing facilities.
Meanwhile, the sewage keeps coming. A massive discharge near Blackpool on Tuesday comes after 69,000 such events last year across the UK’s north-west from United Utilities. Yet the company still found the money to pay £300m in dividends to shareholders.
Beach cleaning volunteers DAVE PEDDIE and JAN PEDDIE clean up waste and watch for pollution at the beach at New Brighton . Blackpool Council have said that swimmers should not swim at beaches along its coast after raw sewage was released in to the Irish Sea , reportedly as a consequence of a storm , earlier this week
15/06/2023. Merseyside, UK.
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No swimming, no surfing: how a summer of sewage is ruining the British seaside day out.
Red flags are going up on beaches from Scarborough to Whitstable as pollution levels soar and businesses are forced to close due to sewage discharges.
Yorkshire Water says it has spent more than £100m in recent years improving local processing facilities.
Meanwhile, the sewage keeps coming. A massive discharge near Blackpool on Tuesday comes after 69,000 such events last year across the UK’s north-west from United Utilities. Yet the company still found the money to pay £300m in dividends to shareholders.
Beach cleaning volunteers clean up waste and watch for pollution at the beach at New Brighton . Blackpool Council have said that swimmers should not swim at beaches along its coast after raw sewage was released in to the Irish Sea , reportedly as a consequence of a storm , earlier this week
15/06/2023. Merseyside, UK.
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No swimming, no surfing: how a summer of sewage is ruining the British seaside day out.
Red flags are going up on beaches from Scarborough to Whitstable as pollution levels soar and businesses are forced to close due to sewage discharges.
Yorkshire Water says it has spent more than £100m in recent years improving local processing facilities.
Meanwhile, the sewage keeps coming. A massive discharge near Blackpool on Tuesday comes after 69,000 such events last year across the UK’s north-west from United Utilities. Yet the company still found the money to pay £300m in dividends to shareholders.
Syringes on the beach at New Brighton . Blackpool Council have said that swimmers should not swim at beaches along its coast after raw sewage was released in to the Irish Sea , reportedly as a consequence of a storm , earlier this week
15/06/2023. Merseyside, UK.
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No swimming, no surfing: how a summer of sewage is ruining the British seaside day out.
Red flags are going up on beaches from Scarborough to Whitstable as pollution levels soar and businesses are forced to close due to sewage discharges.
Yorkshire Water says it has spent more than £100m in recent years improving local processing facilities.
Meanwhile, the sewage keeps coming. A massive discharge near Blackpool on Tuesday comes after 69,000 such events last year across the UK’s north-west from United Utilities. Yet the company still found the money to pay £300m in dividends to shareholders.
Beach cleaning volunteers pick up syringes as they clean up waste and watch for pollution at the beach at New Brighton . Blackpool Council have said that swimmers should not swim at beaches along its coast after raw sewage was released in to the Irish Sea , reportedly as a consequence of a storm , earlier this week
15/06/2023. Merseyside, UK.
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No swimming, no surfing: how a summer of sewage is ruining the British seaside day out.
Red flags are going up on beaches from Scarborough to Whitstable as pollution levels soar and businesses are forced to close due to sewage discharges.
Yorkshire Water says it has spent more than £100m in recent years improving local processing facilities.
Meanwhile, the sewage keeps coming. A massive discharge near Blackpool on Tuesday comes after 69,000 such events last year across the UK’s north-west from United Utilities. Yet the company still found the money to pay £300m in dividends to shareholders.
Beach cleaning volunteers clean up waste and watch for pollution at the beach at New Brighton . Blackpool Council have said that swimmers should not swim at beaches along its coast after raw sewage was released in to the Irish Sea , reportedly as a consequence of a storm , earlier this week
15/06/2023. Merseyside, UK.
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No swimming, no surfing: how a summer of sewage is ruining the British seaside day out.
Red flags are going up on beaches from Scarborough to Whitstable as pollution levels soar and businesses are forced to close due to sewage discharges.
Yorkshire Water says it has spent more than £100m in recent years improving local processing facilities.
Meanwhile, the sewage keeps coming. A massive discharge near Blackpool on Tuesday comes after 69,000 such events last year across the UK’s north-west from United Utilities. Yet the company still found the money to pay £300m in dividends to shareholders.
Beach cleaning volunteers clean up waste and watch for pollution at the beach at New Brighton . Blackpool Council have said that swimmers should not swim at beaches along its coast after raw sewage was released in to the Irish Sea , reportedly as a consequence of a storm , earlier this week
15/06/2023. Merseyside, UK.
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No swimming, no surfing: how a summer of sewage is ruining the British seaside day out.
Red flags are going up on beaches from Scarborough to Whitstable as pollution levels soar and businesses are forced to close due to sewage discharges.
Yorkshire Water says it has spent more than £100m in recent years improving local processing facilities.
Meanwhile, the sewage keeps coming. A massive discharge near Blackpool on Tuesday comes after 69,000 such events last year across the UK’s north-west from United Utilities. Yet the company still found the money to pay £300m in dividends to shareholders.
Beach cleaning volunteers clean up waste and watch for pollution at the beach at New Brighton . Blackpool Council have said that swimmers should not swim at beaches along its coast after raw sewage was released in to the Irish Sea , reportedly as a consequence of a storm , earlier this week
15/06/2023. Merseyside, UK.
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No swimming, no surfing: how a summer of sewage is ruining the British seaside day out.
Red flags are going up on beaches from Scarborough to Whitstable as pollution levels soar and businesses are forced to close due to sewage discharges.
Yorkshire Water says it has spent more than £100m in recent years improving local processing facilities.
Meanwhile, the sewage keeps coming. A massive discharge near Blackpool on Tuesday comes after 69,000 such events last year across the UK’s north-west from United Utilities. Yet the company still found the money to pay £300m in dividends to shareholders.
Beach cleaning volunteers clean up waste and watch for pollution at the beach at New Brighton . Blackpool Council have said that swimmers should not swim at beaches along its coast after raw sewage was released in to the Irish Sea , reportedly as a consequence of a storm , earlier this week
15/06/2023. Merseyside, UK.
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No swimming, no surfing: how a summer of sewage is ruining the British seaside day out.
Red flags are going up on beaches from Scarborough to Whitstable as pollution levels soar and businesses are forced to close due to sewage discharges.
Yorkshire Water says it has spent more than £100m in recent years improving local processing facilities.
Meanwhile, the sewage keeps coming. A massive discharge near Blackpool on Tuesday comes after 69,000 such events last year across the UK’s north-west from United Utilities. Yet the company still found the money to pay £300m in dividends to shareholders.
Beach cleaning volunteers clean up waste and watch for pollution at the beach at New Brighton . Blackpool Council have said that swimmers should not swim at beaches along its coast after raw sewage was released in to the Irish Sea , reportedly as a consequence of a storm , earlier this week
15/06/2023. Merseyside, UK.
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No swimming, no surfing: how a summer of sewage is ruining the British seaside day out.
Red flags are going up on beaches from Scarborough to Whitstable as pollution levels soar and businesses are forced to close due to sewage discharges.
Yorkshire Water says it has spent more than £100m in recent years improving local processing facilities.
Meanwhile, the sewage keeps coming. A massive discharge near Blackpool on Tuesday comes after 69,000 such events last year across the UK’s north-west from United Utilities. Yet the company still found the money to pay £300m in dividends to shareholders.
Beach cleaning volunteers clean up waste and watch for pollution at the beach at New Brighton . Blackpool Council have said that swimmers should not swim at beaches along its coast after raw sewage was released in to the Irish Sea , reportedly as a consequence of a storm , earlier this week
15/06/2023. Merseyside, UK.
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No swimming, no surfing: how a summer of sewage is ruining the British seaside day out.
Red flags are going up on beaches from Scarborough to Whitstable as pollution levels soar and businesses are forced to close due to sewage discharges.
Yorkshire Water says it has spent more than £100m in recent years improving local processing facilities.
Meanwhile, the sewage keeps coming. A massive discharge near Blackpool on Tuesday comes after 69,000 such events last year across the UK’s north-west from United Utilities. Yet the company still found the money to pay £300m in dividends to shareholders.
Beach cleaning volunteers clean up waste and watch for pollution at the beach at New Brighton . Blackpool Council have said that swimmers should not swim at beaches along its coast after raw sewage was released in to the Irish Sea , reportedly as a consequence of a storm , earlier this week
15/06/2023. Merseyside, UK.
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No swimming, no surfing: how a summer of sewage is ruining the British seaside day out.
Red flags are going up on beaches from Scarborough to Whitstable as pollution levels soar and businesses are forced to close due to sewage discharges.
Yorkshire Water says it has spent more than £100m in recent years improving local processing facilities.
Meanwhile, the sewage keeps coming. A massive discharge near Blackpool on Tuesday comes after 69,000 such events last year across the UK’s north-west from United Utilities. Yet the company still found the money to pay £300m in dividends to shareholders.
Beach cleaning volunteers clean up waste and watch for pollution at the beach at New Brighton . Blackpool Council have said that swimmers should not swim at beaches along its coast after raw sewage was released in to the Irish Sea , reportedly as a consequence of a storm , earlier this week
15/06/2023. Merseyside, UK.
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No swimming, no surfing: how a summer of sewage is ruining the British seaside day out.
Red flags are going up on beaches from Scarborough to Whitstable as pollution levels soar and businesses are forced to close due to sewage discharges.
Yorkshire Water says it has spent more than £100m in recent years improving local processing facilities.
Meanwhile, the sewage keeps coming. A massive discharge near Blackpool on Tuesday comes after 69,000 such events last year across the UK’s north-west from United Utilities. Yet the company still found the money to pay £300m in dividends to shareholders.
Beach cleaning volunteers clean up waste and watch for pollution at the beach at New Brighton . Blackpool Council have said that swimmers should not swim at beaches along its coast after raw sewage was released in to the Irish Sea , reportedly as a consequence of a storm , earlier this week
15/06/2023. Merseyside, UK.
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No swimming, no surfing: how a summer of sewage is ruining the British seaside day out.
Red flags are going up on beaches from Scarborough to Whitstable as pollution levels soar and businesses are forced to close due to sewage discharges.
The sun has been shining on Scarborough's South Bay all week, but Steve Crawford isn't opening up the surf shop he's so proud of because the water isn't safe to swim in.
Poor water quality linked to pollution has been a problem here for many years. But this is the first time Crawford has had to shut completely.
In a place like Scarborough, summer really matters: this is when the town comes alive, with donkeys and colourful bucket-and-spade shops filled with excited children.
But here and across the country, just as Britain’s beaches should be filling up, sewage and pollution are shutting them down.
The figures are alarming. Between 15 May and 30 September last year, sewage was dumped into designated bathing waters more than 5,000 times. There were an average of 825 sewage spills every single day into England's waterways in 2022.
signs on the window of Steve Crawford's shop, the owner of Fluid concept surf shop in Scarborough, north Yorkshire. Steve has owned the shop for 17 years and has recently been forced to close the shop as the sea is unsafe ,the water quality in Scarborough is poor due to the impact of sewage being discharged into the sea.
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No swimming, no surfing: how a summer of sewage is ruining the British seaside day out.
Red flags are going up on beaches from Scarborough to Whitstable as pollution levels soar and businesses are forced to close due to sewage discharges.
The sun has been shining on Scarborough's South Bay all week, but Steve Crawford isn't opening up the surf shop he's so proud of because the water isn't safe to swim in.
Poor water quality linked to pollution has been a problem here for many years. But this is the first time Crawford has had to shut completely.
In a place like Scarborough, summer really matters: this is when the town comes alive, with donkeys and colourful bucket-and-spade shops filled with excited children.
But here and across the country, just as Britain’s beaches should be filling up, sewage and pollution are shutting them down.
The figures are alarming. Between 15 May and 30 September last year, sewage was dumped into designated bathing waters more than 5,000 times. There were an average of 825 sewage spills every single day into England's waterways in 2022.
Steve Crawford, the owner of Fluid concept surf shop in Scarborough, north Yorkshire. Steve has owned the shop for 17 years and has recently been forced to close the shop as the sea is unsafe ,the water quality in Scarborough is poor due to the impact of sewage being discharged into the sea.
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No swimming, no surfing: how a summer of sewage is ruining the British seaside day out.
Red flags are going up on beaches from Scarborough to Whitstable as pollution levels soar and businesses are forced to close due to sewage discharges.
The sun has been shining on Scarborough's South Bay all week, but Steve Crawford isn't opening up the surf shop he's so proud of because the water isn't safe to swim in.
Poor water quality linked to pollution has been a problem here for many years. But this is the first time Crawford has had to shut completely.
In a place like Scarborough, summer really matters: this is when the town comes alive, with donkeys and colourful bucket-and-spade shops filled with excited children.
But here and across the country, just as Britain’s beaches should be filling up, sewage and pollution are shutting them down.
The figures are alarming. Between 15 May and 30 September last year, sewage was dumped into designated bathing waters more than 5,000 times. There were an average of 825 sewage spills every single day into England's waterways in 2022.
Steve Crawford, the owner of Fluid concept surf shop in Scarborough, north Yorkshire. Steve has owned the shop for 17 years and has recently been forced to close the shop as the sea is unsafe ,the water quality in Scarborough is poor due to the impact of sewage being discharged into the sea.
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No swimming, no surfing: how a summer of sewage is ruining the British seaside day out.
Red flags are going up on beaches from Scarborough to Whitstable as pollution levels soar and businesses are forced to close due to sewage discharges.
The sun has been shining on Scarborough's South Bay all week, but Steve Crawford isn't opening up the surf shop he's so proud of because the water isn't safe to swim in.
Poor water quality linked to pollution has been a problem here for many years. But this is the first time Crawford has had to shut completely.
In a place like Scarborough, summer really matters: this is when the town comes alive, with donkeys and colourful bucket-and-spade shops filled with excited children.
But here and across the country, just as Britain’s beaches should be filling up, sewage and pollution are shutting them down.
The figures are alarming. Between 15 May and 30 September last year, sewage was dumped into designated bathing waters more than 5,000 times. There were an average of 825 sewage spills every single day into England's waterways in 2022.
Steve Crawford, the owner of Fluid concept surf shop in Scarborough, north Yorkshire. Steve has owned the shop for 17 years and has recently been forced to close the shop as the sea is unsafe ,the water quality in Scarborough is poor due to the impact of sewage being discharged into the sea.
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No swimming, no surfing: how a summer of sewage is ruining the British seaside day out.
Red flags are going up on beaches from Scarborough to Whitstable as pollution levels soar and businesses are forced to close due to sewage discharges.
The sun has been shining on Scarborough's South Bay all week, but Steve Crawford isn't opening up the surf shop he's so proud of because the water isn't safe to swim in.
Poor water quality linked to pollution has been a problem here for many years. But this is the first time Crawford has had to shut completely.
In a place like Scarborough, summer really matters: this is when the town comes alive, with donkeys and colourful bucket-and-spade shops filled with excited children.
But here and across the country, just as Britain’s beaches should be filling up, sewage and pollution are shutting them down.
The figures are alarming. Between 15 May and 30 September last year, sewage was dumped into designated bathing waters more than 5,000 times. There were an average of 825 sewage spills every single day into England's waterways in 2022.
Fluid concept surf shop owned by Steve Crawford in Scarborough, north Yorkshire. Steve has owned the shop for 17 years and has recently been forced to close the shop as the sea is unsafe ,the water quality in Scarborough is poor due to the impact of sewage being discharged into the sea.
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DUKAS_157438695_EYE
No swimming, no surfing: how a summer of sewage is ruining the British seaside day out.
Red flags are going up on beaches from Scarborough to Whitstable as pollution levels soar and businesses are forced to close due to sewage discharges.
The sun has been shining on Scarborough's South Bay all week, but Steve Crawford isn't opening up the surf shop he's so proud of because the water isn't safe to swim in.
Poor water quality linked to pollution has been a problem here for many years. But this is the first time Crawford has had to shut completely.
In a place like Scarborough, summer really matters: this is when the town comes alive, with donkeys and colourful bucket-and-spade shops filled with excited children.
But here and across the country, just as Britain’s beaches should be filling up, sewage and pollution are shutting them down.
The figures are alarming. Between 15 May and 30 September last year, sewage was dumped into designated bathing waters more than 5,000 times. There were an average of 825 sewage spills every single day into England's waterways in 2022.
Fluid concept surf shop owned by Steve Crawford in Scarborough, north Yorkshire. Steve has owned the shop for 17 years and has recently been forced to close the shop as the sea is unsafe ,the water quality in Scarborough is poor due to the impact of sewage being discharged into the sea.
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