'Nobody owns the sand': The 12-metre fence dividing an affluent beach town
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BBC A group of Sandbanks residents are unhappy with the erecting of a fence on a local beach
"We're being denied something that should be free to us," is the feeling among some local residents of a seaside town that is divided over a section of beach. Resorts like Sandbanks in Poole often lie dormant in the winter months, silently waiting for summer tourist crowds to descend once again. But after a fence went up on a beach, a row erupted between residents who enjoy the area all year round.
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