Southern Water has said it is „highly likely” millions of plastic pellets that washed up on an East Sussex beach escaped from its wastewater treatment works.

Volunteers cleaning up the pellets at Camber Sands have described it as „the worst single incident” they have encountered.

The water company said it believed a filter failed at its Eastbourne wastewater site.

The Environment Agency said it would take „robust enforcement action where appropriate”, while the government’s water minister said she was „deeply disappointed”.

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