England’s swimming waters five times more likely to be polluted than in EU, research finds

Experts warn country is in danger of becoming dirty man of Europe' as it falls to bottom of bathing water leaderboard

English swimming waters are five times more likely to be polluted than those in the EU, new research has revealed.

Experts have said that the country is in danger of becoming the dirty man of Europe" again as it falls at the bottom of the leaderboard for bathing water which is free of bacterial contaminants.