Tomorrow it is expected to be 27 degrees in Manchester as the UK is hit by a heatwave later.
Temperatures rose to a pleasant 25C today (18 July) and will continue to rise tomorrow with sunny spells and cloudy spells expected. A health alert has been issued for London, the East Midlands, South East and Eastern England ahead of the warm conditions.
For those planning to cool off by visiting a nearby beach, campaigners have created a map showing the worrying scale of the UK’s sewage problem, with many hotspots being flagged as potentially dangerous.
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Surfers Against Sewage created the interactive map -Source:Jam Press/Surfers Against Sewage
The map, produced by Surfers Against Sewage, a marine conservation charity, shows the risks of sewage discharges and pollution in the UK in real time.
St Annes North Beach in Lancashire, a stone’s throw from Manchester, is unfortunately on the list – with a warning against bathing due to its poor annual rating. “Water quality here can be affected by some sewage overflows which flow into the River Ribble and its estuary to the south of the beach,” the map reads.
Although no water quality warnings have been issued for Blackpool’s central beach, which is just over an hour’s drive from Manchester, a sewage overflow ‘discharges directly onto the beach around the centre’. Wharfe at Cromwheel in Ilkley has also been given a poor annual rating due to the risk of sewage.
Full list of beaches with sewage risk
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Porthluney
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Instow
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Ilfracombe Wildersmouth
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Dunster Beach
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Burnham Jetty North
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Weston-Super-Mare Uphill Incline
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Weston Head
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Weston-Super-Mare Sand Bay
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South East East
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Bognor Regis (Aldwick)
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Small stone
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St. Mary’s Bay (Kent)
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Clacton (Groyne 41)
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River Deben Estuary, Waldringfield
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Wolvercote mill stream
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Wallingford Beach, River Thames
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St Annes North
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Blackpool North
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Quay at Ilkley Stepping Stones (surveyed)
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Quay at Cromwheel, Ilkley
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Tynemouth Cullercoats
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Scarborough South Bay
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Bridlington North Beach
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Heacham
“It’s appalling that Britain’s water users are becoming sick from seawater at the same rate as they were in the 1990s, with conditions ranging from sore throats and upset stomachs to serious illnesses such as gastroenteritis, hepatitis and E. coli,” Surfers Against Sewage said. “According to the European Centre for Environment and Health, people who regularly swim or bodyboard in British waters are three times more likely to have antibiotic-resistant E. coli in their gut.”
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