Beach Buddies to hold Labour conference clean-up

Island charity Beach Buddies will conduct a special beach clean as part of an annual Labour Party conference in the UK next week.

The organisation is heading over to the event in Brighton on Monday in conjunction with the Isle of Man government with members of the Labour shadow cabinet saying they'll also take part - an invitation has also been sent to party leader Jeremy Corbyn.

Beach Buddies founder, Bill Dale, says the aim will be to show the world what communities can do no matter what it's size, calling the Manx efforts so far to keep shorelines clean 'nothing short of exceptional'.

The cleanup operation will also be accompanied by a presentation from Chief Minister, Howard Quayle MHK, raising awareness of what has been achieved on the Isle of Man.