Mr Jones said added that the water depth at the end of the pier was now less than 12ft.

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The trust that organises the event made the decision because the water at the end of the pier is now too shallow.

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They include a Briton who was found at low tide hanging off the end of a pier, his feet bound to a rock.

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The pontoon is accessed by steps at the end of the pier and one theory is the ferret was attracted by the smell of bait from fishermen.

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Workmen helped to rescue a ferret found floating on a pontoon off the end of Anglesey's Beaumaris Pier.

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The state opening of parliament may be billed as one of the big political events of the year - but there are usually more laughs, surprises and revelations to be had at an end-of-the-pier magic show.

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You enter by walking into a thatched roof pavilion at the end of an otherwise innocuous but beautiful pier, and then descend a spiral staircase.

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Ferries run several times a day to Ko Yao Noi from Bang Rong pier, situated at the northern end of Phuket.

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The song was about a pier and mist, and unfaithful lovers, as all lovers are in the end, he thought indulgently, and places that remain utterly faithful.

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