Council bans sea rafts over health and safety fears despite being without incident for 85 years
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Council bans sea rafts over health and safety fears despite being without incident for 85 years.
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A Dorset council has voted to permanently ban two sea rafts from returning to a popular beach destination, bringing an end to an 86-year tradition.Weymouth Council made the decision after legal advice warned the floating platforms, positioned 275 metres offshore from Greenhill Beach since 1939, represent a "significant risk to the public".Members of the Liberal Democrat-controlled authority were told they could face criminal prosecution if a serious incident occurred, with lawyers concluding removal of the rafts was the sole legally defensible course of action.The move follows guidance from the RNLI, which flagged concerns that the pontoons sat beyond the area covered by beach lifeguards.
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