‘Tiny bit of rain and the sewage comes’: Brighton swimmers vent fury at sea pollution

The Guardian reported on Sunday that swimmers on Brighton beach are furious about sea pollution, with one saying checking for sewage spills has become as normal as checking the weather forecast. The report features Jo Armstrong, a seventy-five-year-old from Lewes, who usually swims daily in Seaford but found the water there too polluted for the past week, so she came to Brighton, which she says was the only place that stayed clean. The article also notes that an analysis shows South West Water has the worst environmental record in England.

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