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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Robyn Vinter, North of England correspondent

Dead whale removed from Bridlington beach after becoming tourist attraction

Dead fin whale on beach surrounded by people in high-vis
The 30-tonne whale was spotted getting into difficulties in the sea earlier this week and died on Tuesday. Photograph: Danny Lawson/PA

The carcass of a 30-tonne fin whale that died after being beached in Bridlington has been removed in an operation described as the “largest of its kind” the local council has ever carried out.

The 17m whale became a macabre tourist attraction on Bridlington’s South Beach after it died on Tuesday evening during attempts to return it to the sea.

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