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A blocked pipe led to an award winning Cornish beach being covered in raw sewage earlier this week.

Saturday, January 23rd 2010 06:00

Porthtowan beach near St Agnes was contaminated with raw sewage earlier this week after a pipe became blocked.

An award winning Cornish beach has been left covered in raw sewage this week when a pipe became blocked.

The alarm was raised after the overflow was spotted flowing onto Porthtowan beach and into the stream.

The enviroment agency acted swiftly and informed south west water who confirmed a blockage.

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