COUNCIL ‘INACTION’ COULD SCUPPER BEMBRIDGE BATHING WATER BID, CAMPAIGNERS WARN

COUNCIL ‘INACTION’ COULD SCUPPER BEMBRIDGE BATHING WATER BID, CAMPAIGNERS WARN

Campaigners, Swim at the Point, who have been seeking official Bathing Water Status for a Bembridge beach, fear their bid could fail because the Isle of Wight Council has yet to give its support. The ‘Swim at the Point’ group has spent the summer gathering the evidence needed to apply for designated bathing water status at Silver Sands Beach, at The Point in Bembridge. However, campaigners say that despite repeated attempts to secure the Isle of…