An ambitious project to plant 40,000 trees to help improve bathing water quality in Combe Martin starts this month.

South West Water is announcing ambitious plans to plant at least 100,000 trees over the next 10 years.

All of Cornwall’s beaches have passed tough bathing water quality standards, according to figures published by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs today.

As part of the award-winning ReFill campaign, South West Water is taking further steps to make tap water more freely available, helping to reduce litter from single-use plastic bottles and keep people healthy and hydrated when out and about.