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Bournemouth East Cliff remains closed after landslip | |
(about 7 hours later) | |
A section of cliff in Bournemouth remains closed after a landslip damaged a cliff railway lift and crushed a toilet block. | A section of cliff in Bournemouth remains closed after a landslip damaged a cliff railway lift and crushed a toilet block. |
A stretch of the 100ft (30m)-high cliff in East Cliff, close to the memorial for Red Arrows pilot Jon Egging, fell away on Sunday morning, taking fencing and benches with it. | |
No-one was injured but the area has been cordoned off by the council amid concerns of further movement. | No-one was injured but the area has been cordoned off by the council amid concerns of further movement. |
The seafront promenade remains open. | The seafront promenade remains open. |
The East Cliff Lift, an Edwardian funicular railway built in 1908 and operated by Bournemouth Borough Council, was partially submerged by debris, while a public toilet block at the foot of the cliffs was destroyed. | |
Cracks started appearing on the promenade on Saturday, leading the council to close off the areas at the top and bottom of the cliff. | |
Councillor Lawrence Williams said barriers were expected to be in place "for the foreseeable future". | |
"Although this is a significant landslip, it is only one spot along Bournemouth's seven miles of beaches and we do not have any concerns about other areas," he added. | |
Chris Saunders, head of operations at the council, said: "If there is more rainfall over the next couple of the days then there is likely to be more movement although we expect it to be minor." | |
He said the council was waiting for experts to visit the site and assess the damage. | |
A sculpture at the top of the cliff - a memorial to Flt Lt Jon Egging who died when his Hawk T1 aircraft crashed at the 2011 Bournemouth Air Festival - has not been damaged, a spokeswoman for the Jon Egging Trust said. | |
East Overcliff Drive at the top of the cliff remains open, as does the Bournemouth Carlton hotel. | |
The hotel has not yet responded to a BBC request for comment. |
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