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Wales Online
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Ryan Merrifield & Naomi Corrigan

Pensioner's clifftop home collapsing into sea but he won't move out

A pensioner is refusing to budge from his home despite the fact the clifftop house is starting to collapse into the sea. The garden and drive at George Gardiner's property have already dropped 5ft.

And large cracks have started appearing after a water leak. But the 82-year-old, who lives alone at the house in Luccombe on the Isle of Wight won't leave.

As reported by the Mirror, Mr Gardiner has lived there for 22 years and previously ran a tea room there with his late wife. Last year, a water main burst and new cracks emerged, reportedly before the water company came out for repairs.

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