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Page last updated at 01:27 GMT, Monday, 2 November 2009

Two killed in Spanish beach landslide

At least two people, including a British woman, have been killed by a landslide at a beach on the Spanish holiday island of Tenerife.

The British Foreign Office has named the Briton as Marion O'Hara, 57.

The second victim is believed to be a local woman.

The collapse of a 40m (130ft) stretch of cliff happened shortly after 1600 local time (1600 GMT) at a small beach in the resort of Los Gigantes.

Steve Kingstone reports.

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