Analysis of the sediment deposited on Lyme Regis Front Town beach from the annual dredging in March this year shows that there is nothing that could be a risk to human or marine life, Dorset Council said.

Five sediment samples were taken across the deposited sediment to give an accurate representation of the whole area. The samples were tested for selected substances in a laboratory. The substances that were tested for are often linked with dredging operations of this kind. They were categorised as: