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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The contest involves people running off the end of the pier in winged contraptions in an attempt to stay airborne for the longest distance.

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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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Under Lady Thatcher, if she was still in charge, the seven Tories whose youthful activities have came to light "would be pushed off the end of the pier in Southend", according to veteran Tory backbencher Sir Teddy Taylor.

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

BBC: Floating ferret rescued off Anglesey's Beaumaris Pier

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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