AN ARMY of 60 volunteers took part in a big beach clean and found hundreds of cigarette butts - and even some earrings. Volunteers came to Brighton beach yesterday and bagged 8kg of rubbish. They picked up pieces of plastic waste such as bottle caps, old nails, broken glasses, a wooden plank with nails and corks.

Wimborne has been awarded Plastic Free Community status, just five months after launching its campaign using the criteria set up by Surfers Against Sewage.

Wimborne War on Waste has led the plastic free initiative using criteria set up by Surfers against Sewage. There are 388 communities working towards Plastic Free Status with the award winning marine charity. Just 32 have achieved it so far with Wimborne becoming number 32 on 21 September.