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A website has given Porthluney unwanted praise for pollution levels

You may have heard of the Blue Flag, which rates the country’s cleanest and safest beaches – but there’s another flag on the way for a beach in Cornwall, and it’s a less welcome one.

A travel website, Holiday Park Guru, awards brown flags for beaches with the highest levels of pollution – and Porthluney has topped the list.

The website says the brown flag is given to beaches that are rated water poor by the Environment Agency due to levels of e-coli from sewage and other waste, based on readings taken between May and September.

Other beaches in the South West to receive the not-so-coveted award include Weston Main, Weston Super Mare Sand Bay, Weston Super Mare Uphill Slipway and Dunster in Somerset.

But there’s better news for Cornwall – the same website also says 81% of our beaches are rated excellent for seawater cleanliness.

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