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The subject — bathers — is as foundational to Modern art as it gets, conjuring Paul Cézanne.

Millions of customers, surfers and bathers have joined a chorus that former pop star Feargal Sharkey has been singing for years - that the sector is a “chaotic shambles”.

At a beach just south of Tel Aviv, bathers cheered and applauded when a lifeguard first announced rumours of the death over a loudspeaker.

Despite the "significant concerns and objections" raised, the application did meet "the sole criterion for designation under the regulations, namely there is evidence of bather numbers", he said.

The first warning signs were in the Caribbean last year when bathers found the water off the coast of Florida was as warm as a hot tub.