Visitors flock to seaweed strewn Weymouth Beach

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Beachgoers in Weymouth have complained that seaweed strewn on the beach has become "very smelly".

The town council has said the seaweed will remain on the beach until it is washed back out into the bay.

Weymouth Beach showing the results of a council decision not to clear the sands of rotting seaweed
The seaweed has been washed up by winds on the southern section of the Dorset beach
Some beachgoers have complained the seaweed strewn on the beach has become "very smelly"
Weymouth Town Council says the seaweed helps "preserve the integrity of the ecosystem" and is an important food source for sea creatures

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