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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
National
Edward Barnes

Bitter beach row erupts as tense meeting sees storm outs, accusations and mud-slinging

A "toxic" row over the future of a Merseyside beach exploded at a bad-tempered meeting that saw storm outs and mud-slinging.

Wirral Council's Environment Committee met last night for a long-awaited debate over the fate of Hoylake Beach and how vegetation will be managed at the beauty spot.

The current proposal is to create around 160 metres of cleared vegetation from the RNLI station to Trinity Road on Hoylake beach in Wirral. It was described as an “olive branch” to help heal divisions between two groups over the future of the beach by councillors in support.

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