A ban advising beachgoers to stay away from a popular coastal stretch has returned – just one day after precautions were lifted. Thanet District Council (TDC) says it has been made aware of “a dark-coloured organic matter” washed up along the north Thanet coast. It is now urging people not to enter the shore at Westbrook, St Mildred’s Bay, West Bay and Minnis Bay beaches after a beachgoer found a substance described as “squidgy and smelling awful”. They said it “looks like the result of a chemical spillage”. A statement, released by the local authority shortly after 4pm this evening (May 30), …
