Water quality warnings mean you should think twice about swimming at the beach in Amble, Warkworth, Berwick or South Shields.
That's according to the Surfers Against Sewage (SAS) Safer Seas Service map which flags pollution hotspots. The SAS interactive water quality map shows that swimming at Warkworth or Amble Links isn't the best idea today (Monday) - with the label for both beaches saying: "Storm sewage has been discharged from a sewer overflow in this location within the past 48 hours."
Berwick's Spittal beach is in the same situation, while Marsden beach in South Tyneside appears to have a different issue. There, the warning reads: "Bathing not advised today due to the likelihood of reduced water quality."
