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Scotland's filthy beaches...

Waste from sewers and farm run-off is blamed as Cruden Bay loses its seaside flag award and 10 others stand on the brink. Environment editor Rob Edwards reports

Beaches across Scotland are being contaminated with sewage this summer which breaches safety limits and threatens bathers with illness and infections.

One bathing beach - Cruden Bay, near Peterhead in Aberdeenshire - has already failed to meet the legal standard for 2008.