Fury as Cornish beach is hit with the 12th sewage scare this year as video shows diseased leak turning brown from sea

Fury as Cornish beach is hit with the TWELFTH sewage scare this year: The campaign group claims the popular surfing and swimming spot has been repeatedly inundated with pollution as video shows seas turning turquoise BROWNPictures were taken on Sunday at St Agnes Beach on the Cornwall coast Pictured mingling with the idyllic turquoise sea This is the 12th sewage scare to hit this scenic spot this year Seven Cornish beaches had water quality insufficient Monday evening

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Posted: 17:00 GMT, 31 October 2022 | Update: 18:13 GMT, 31 October 2022

A sewage leak which campaigners say has turned a Cornish beach into a hazard for public health on Sunday is the 10th time in three months the beauty spot has been polluted with effluent - and the 12th environmental alert it has faced this year, it was claimed tonight.

Brown tide was caught on camera at Trevaunance Cove in St Agnes, Cornwall, yesterday morning leaving locals and surfers alike 'horrified'.

In a shocking video that has since gone viral. a huge expanse of water can be seen sweeping across the scenic cove, turning its usually turquoise sea to a murky brown.

The stinky sheet of water has been caused by storm overflow that was "triggered briefly", according to South West Water. This resulted in the closure of the beach and a sewage pollution alert.

Now it can be revealed that the weekend leak was the 10th time the beach faced a sewer or pollution alert in only three months - and its 12th alert so far this year.