内容摘要：In that announcement, Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner was quoted calling P&O Ferries' mass sacking "an outrageous example of manipulation".

In that announcement, Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner was quoted calling P&O Ferries' mass sacking "an outrageous example of manipulation".

Of 37 sites across England which failed to meet water quality standards, five were found in Kent and West Sussex, the Environment Agency (EA) said.Swim spots at Deal Castle, Dymchurch and Littlestone in Kent, plus Worthing Beach House and Aldwick Beach in West Sussex, were on the list.

The spots were tested for harmful bacteria by the EA during the official swimming season between May and September.Worthing Beach House was only added to the EA's list of sites to monitor this year.This year's results cover the period 2021 to 2024, with the readings for harmful bacteria used to determine the annual classification of each site as excellent, good, sufficient or poor.

Nationally, about one in 12 of England's official swimming spots along coasts, lakes and rivers were failing to meet water quality standards.The assessment found 37 sites - 8.2% of the total - were rated poor for water quality in 2024, nearly double the 2023 total of 4.3%, and the highest since the current rating system was introduced in 2015.

Heather Robins, a cold water swimmer from Bluetits Swimming Group in Aldwick, near Bognor Regis, said the beach's rating was damaging the local economy.

She said: "Our economy is based on tourism so it impacts the lovely pubs, all the beach huts.Mrs Atkins loved facilitating Connie's retirement so much that she decided to also give a home to Connie’s daughter Sophie, a black Labrador who came from her final litter.

With Sophie having three litters of pups herself before retiring earlier this year, Mrs Atkins was given the opportunity to home Sophie’s daughter Coco, also a black Labrador, and she moved in with mother and grandmother on 31 January.Mrs Atkins was originally a puppy-raiser for Guide Dogs, where volunteers have a puppy living with them for a year before they move out for training.

She said: "I decided I wanted a dog from the charity that could live with me permanently, and that’s when we decided to give a home to guide dog mum Connie."Connie had her first litter in 2013, a couple of weeks before Christmas.