The owners of about 40 homes perched on a cliff top in Dorset have been told their houses are at risk of falling into the sea over the next 20 years.

The residents, in the Old Castle Road area of Weymouth, have already had part of their gardens fall into the sea.

A survey to assess the risk was carried out by coastal engineers from the local authority following recent landslips.

Because the cliff is part of the World Heritage Jurassic Coast, the government policy is for no intervention.

A further 30 homes are at risk over the next 150 years, the report said. (more…)