Lifeguards are to patrol the beach at Camber Sands over the bank holiday weekend after five friends died during a day trip to the Sussex seaside resort.
The temporary patrols would ‘reassure the public and advise on safety’, said the local district council.
Five men in their late teens and 20s, all from south-east London, died at the popular beach on Wednesday.
Last month, a 19-year-old man also died while swimming at Camber Sands.
A petition calling for permanent lifeguards at the beach has now got over 7,000 signatures.
The men who died have been named locally as Inthushan Sri, 23, Nitharsan Ravi, 22, Kurushanth Srithavarajah, 26, and Kobi Nathan, 21, and his 19-year-old brother Ken.
Local residents say the need for lifeguards is long overdue.
