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Threat of losing homes to sea taking ‘huge toll on mental health’ of villagers
Houses sit on the cliff edge on The Marrams in Hemsby, Norfolk where parts of the cliff have collapsed into the sea

THE threat of losing dozens of homes to the sea is taking a huge toll on villagers’ mental health, a campaigner has warned.

Climate action group One Home says an estimated £584 million worth of coastal homes in England could be lost to the sea by 2100.

Save Hemsby Coastline chairman Ian Brennan said more than 90 homes in Hemsby, Norfolk, are at risk of going into the sea in the next 25 years if nothing is done.

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