LANCASHIRE'S resorts were reeling from another double-blast as their dirty beaches were branded among the worst in Britain.
Blackpool and Morecambe came bottom of Holiday Which? magazine tests and a National Rivers Authority report branded every beach from Cumbria to Southport as unclean. The report also claimed sea water at Blackpool and Morecambe contained viruses which could cause illness.
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