THE son of a Hampshire peer is leading the fight against a new action plan that has angered a group of coastal landowners.

The Hon Ralph Montagu says people living on privately owned sections of foreshore could be denied the right to defend their homes from the sea.

Coastal erosion is posing a threat to about 70 homes between Calshot and Lymington, including a beach house owned by Lord Montagu of Beaulieu. (more…)