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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Jonny Weeks

‘Clean water is a basic right’: protesters against sewage in seas and rivers gather across the UK

Protesters during a paddle-out in Falmouth organised by Surfers Against Sewage.
Protesters during a paddle-out in Falmouth organised by Surfers Against Sewage. Photograph: Jonny Weeks/The Observer

mere“Cut the crap” and “Fishes not faeces” read some of the many colourful slogans at Gyllyngvase Beach in Falmouth where hundreds of protesters gathered on Saturday to demand action over the scourge of sewage pollution in British waterways.

Wearing fancy dress and waving inflated plastic poops, they paddled into the bay on surfboards, kayaks and standup paddle boards – as did protesters at more than 30 other events across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland – with the Cornish charity Surfers Against Sewage leading the way.

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