Coastline residents take case to Europe

In one protest people spelled out a plea to 'Save Our Shoreline'

People living on the Norfolk coast are to lobby authorities in Brussels in an attempt to stop their village falling into the sea.

The Happisburgh Coastal Action Group has given up hope of persuading the British government to build new sea defences.

A delegation will now travel to Brussels to try to get money from the European Commission.

Last year, a 30-metre stretch of land in Happisburgh was lost to the sea, taking a number of houses with it.

Last winter, the North Norfolk District Council put 4,000 tonnes of rock on the beach at a cost of £160,000.

But villagers believe the boulders are only a stopgap measure.

Residents have appealed to the government since the mid 1990s to fund a permanent solution to the disintegrating coastline.