this year because of sewage dumping, according to a poll by Savanta for the Liberal Democrats last month.
Howarth says his daughter, who is immunocompromised, tested positive for E coli in the week after their holiday. “She started to run a fever and had a digestive upset,” he says. “Having a compromised immune system may have made it more likely. On a typical summer weekend, Felicity Fletcher would take her young children to Felpham beach, near Bognor Regis, for a swim. With the seaside just a 10-minute walk away, she would make packed lunches, bring along games and make a day of it.