Campaign to clear city beach used as 'dumping ground'

COUNCILLOR AND MP JOIN OVER 'MANKY OLD BOATS'

- By ALISON STEPHENSON

AN MP and city councillor are set to launch a campaign to clear abandoned boats from a Devonport beach which have become an eyesore and are posing safety risks for water users.

This week's annual memorial service for the Royal Marines from Plymouth who served and died in Operation Frankton in France during the Second World War known as the Cockleshell Heroes has brought the state of Cornwall Beach sharply into focus.

The important event takes place above the beach at the North Corner War Memorial and is attended by families of those who died, the Lord Mayor, MPs and councillors.

Frustrated locals have been trying to get action for years saying the beach is being used as "a dumping ground".