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| Beach party ditched says website | Beach party ditched says website |
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| A beach party which had been planned to take place at a south Devon resort this weekend looks to have been cancelled. | |
| The event on 4 July in Torbay was being advertised on the social networking site Facebook as a "night of mayhem". | The event on 4 July in Torbay was being advertised on the social networking site Facebook as a "night of mayhem". |
| An entry has since appeared on the site saying that due to an "unexpected high number of people", the event was off. | |
| More than 7,200 people claimed they would attend but Devon and Cornwall Police had said they would prevent the event which they said was dangerous. | |
| The post on the website warned that people attending beaches in Torbay on the weekend "will be asked to leave or be arrested". | |
| It continued: "Do not travel to Torbay. There will still be a high police presence around the coast. | |
| "No event whatsoever will be taking place in Torbay and we urge you to inform all others you know that are planning to attend that it is no longer going ahead. | |
| "Sorry for any inconvenience." | |
| It added that the Facebook page would be closed "in due course". |