Dozens of Scottish families' homes to be demolished after 'ground movements'

A view of fencing blocking a road in Coalsnaughton after ground movement caused by historic mining (Image: Neil Pooran/PA Wire)

DOZENS of Scottish families’ homes will have to be demolished after historic mining led to ground movements under their foundations, it is understood.

Residents of Coalsnaughton, in Clackmannanshire, were told on Thursday evening that 60 houses would need to be demolished due to ground subsidence, the BBC first reported.