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Wed, 18 Nov 09
Duration:
11 mins
Over the next 20 years or so, around two hundred homes in the UK may have to be abandoned because of coastal erosion. The Head of the Environment Agency Lord Smith of Finsbury wants local councils to buy these houses and lease them back to their owners. Guests: Diana Rightson, resident of Happisburgh Lord Smith of Finsbury, chairman of the Environment Agency Peter Frew, Head of Coastal Strategy at North Norfolk District Council.
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