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| Thorpeness cliff collapse kills man | |
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| A man has died after part of a cliff collapsed on to a beach in Suffolk. | A man has died after part of a cliff collapsed on to a beach in Suffolk. |
| The emergency services were called to Thorpeness at about 13:25 GMT on Saturday after reports that a man was trapped. | The emergency services were called to Thorpeness at about 13:25 GMT on Saturday after reports that a man was trapped. |
| A search operation was launched to try to find - and then free - the man, thought to be in his late-50s, but he died at the scene. | A search operation was launched to try to find - and then free - the man, thought to be in his late-50s, but he died at the scene. |
| A spokeswoman for Suffolk Police said they were treating the man's death as "non-suspicious". | A spokeswoman for Suffolk Police said they were treating the man's death as "non-suspicious". |
| Police, fire, ambulance and coastguard crews all took part in the operation. | Police, fire, ambulance and coastguard crews all took part in the operation. |
| The coastguard said it received multiple 999 calls from members of the public telling them a man was trapped. | The coastguard said it received multiple 999 calls from members of the public telling them a man was trapped. |
| History of erosion | |
| Bev Allen, maritime operations controller for the UK Coastguard, said it had been a "large-scale search and rescue effort". | Bev Allen, maritime operations controller for the UK Coastguard, said it had been a "large-scale search and rescue effort". |
| She added: "We ask people to please stay away from this particular area while the emergency services are at work." | She added: "We ask people to please stay away from this particular area while the emergency services are at work." |
| It is not yet known where the man was when the cliff collapsed. | |
| Erosion has been an issue on this stretch of coast for a number of years. | |
| Large wire baskets full of stones and rocks, called gabions, were installed at Thorpeness in 2010 after storms left the cliffs exposed. |