England’s top beaches faced 8,500 hours of sewage dumping last year, study says

Many blue flag beaches were covered in waste, and Brighton was among the worst-hit, Lib Dem report shows

England's most celebrated beaches faced 8,500 hours of sewage dumping last year, new figures show.

Many beaches with blue flag status- an international mark of recognition that a beach is deemed safe and has good water quality - were found to have been covered in waste over the last 12 months.