Sewage closes Blue Flag beaches

5 June 2012 Last updated at 06:41 ET More than 20 Kent bathing beaches have been closed after sewage was discharged into the sea. The closure of all beaches in Thanet was caused by a failure at the Southern Water Foreness Point Sewage Pumping Station after heavy rain. Spokesman John Crooke said the pumping station discharged water which could otherwise have flooded homes Continue reading