On The Edge

Call for compo payouts as 3 more homes at risk of going over cliff

- Louie Smith

One of the desperate homeowners hit by a cliff collapse is demanding they get compensation, claiming red tape held up vital defence work.

We showed yesterday how Emma Tullett lost her £190,000 dream home after two landslips left the broken structure literally hanging over the edge.

And at least three more at-risk properties have been evacuated at Eastchurch on the Isle of Sheppey, Kent.

One is owned by parish councillor Malcolm Newell, 70. The retired wood turner is chair of Eastchurch Gap Erosion Action Group – and blames bureaucracy for delaying a £30,000 council scheme to strengthen the cliffs.