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| Thorpeness cliff collapse kills man | 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. |
| Emergency crews were called to Thorpeness Beach at about 13:25 GMT after reports a man was trapped under a landslide. | Emergency crews were called to Thorpeness Beach at about 13:25 GMT after reports a man was trapped under a landslide. |
| 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. |
| An elderly woman also suffered minor injuries but was not taken to hospital, ambulance officials said. | An elderly woman also suffered minor injuries but was not taken to hospital, ambulance officials said. |
| 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. |
| It is not yet clear where the man was when the cliff collapsed. | It is not yet clear where the man was when the cliff collapsed. |
| 'Dangerous places' | 'Dangerous places' |
| 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." |
| She urged people to be "mindful when out walking on the coast" and said standing on cliff edges and at the bases of cliffs were "dangerous places to be". | She urged people to be "mindful when out walking on the coast" and said standing on cliff edges and at the bases of cliffs were "dangerous places to be". |
| "It is impossible to predict when the next piece might fall or how big it will be," she added. | "It is impossible to predict when the next piece might fall or how big it will be," she added. |
| Erosion has been an issue on this stretch of coast for a number of years. | 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 to bolster sea defences after storms left the cliffs exposed. | |
| Suffolk Police said they were treating the man's death as "non-suspicious". | Suffolk Police said they were treating the man's death as "non-suspicious". |