Flag awards for Scottish beaches

29 May 2012 Last updated at 20:12 ET

More than 60 Scottish beaches have been granted official recognition for high standards of cleanliness, safety, and water quality.

Keep Scotland Beautiful (KSB) has given "seaside award" status to a total of 61 beaches.

Eight will also now be able to fly the internationally-acclaimed Blue Flag.

The environment charity said over the past 12 years the number of beaches achieving seaside awards has more than quadrupled.

The awards are given annually, with beaches from Aberdeenshire to the Borders, and from the Highlands to North Ayrshire, among those featured on the 2012 list.

Portobello beach in Edinburgh and Dunbar East beach in East Lothian are completely new entries.

Six of the sites which have been awarded blue flag status - for which beaches must pass 32 environmental criteria - are in Fife, with Kinghorn beach receiving recognition for the first time.

The other two blue flag winners are in Dundee and Coldingham in the Scottish borders.

Derek Robertson, chief executive of KSB, said: "With an increasing number of people choosing to take their holidays at home in Scotland, there has never been a better time to enjoy your local beach.

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