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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Dan Warburton

Soldier's joy as he saves beloved home by moving it away from crumbling cliff edge

A former soldier hauled his beloved home more than 10ft back from a crumbling cliff top – just minutes before council chiefs were due to order its demolition.

Lance Martin, 65, feared his house would be knocked down after coastal erosion left it teetering just 3ft from a 50ft cliff.

But he refused to accept defeat and finally managed to drag the 50 ton wooden chalet back from the edge of the sandy cliff in Hemsby, Norfolk.

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