Work to make a crumbling cliff face near a town's landmark safe is due to be carried out, a council has confirmed.Erosion of the cliff by the Candlestick in Whitehaven, Cumbria, has recently worsened ...

The erosion occurs due to a number of different ... The backwash from the sea carries the material away from the cliff face. The process starts again and repeats itself over time.

He said the concrete was "teetering" at the top of the cliff and looked "highly unstable as there was much erosion beneath it ... top and bottom of the cliff face". The authority said the ...