Landslide death woman named

Charlotte Blackman was a volunteer with Derbyshire Autism Services Group, where she worked one-to-one with people with autism, including children, and help to give their families a break.

The group's manager, Margaret Reeve, paid tribute to Miss Blackman today and said she was a "wonderful, wonderful young woman".

"She was a very genuine person, very warm, very funny, and had a great deal of time for people. She was a very good volunteer," she added.

The Coroner has opened and adjourned the inquest into the death of Charlotte Anne Blackman, the 22-year-old from Derbyshire who was killed when part of a 160ft-high cliff collapsed in Dorset.

A policeman stands on the beach in Burton Bradstock, Dorset, near to where a cliff collapsed killing a young woman.

Charlotte Blackman, from Heanor, Derbyshire, was on holiday with her family and boyfriend when part of a 160ft-high cliff collapsed and sent a mountain of rocks plummeting on to the sand below.

The uncle of Charlotte Blackman - the young woman who was killed when she was buried by 400 tonnes of rock in a massive landslide on a beach in Dorset - has paid tribute to her.

Douglas Blackman, said: "I don't have many words at the moment, to be honest. I found out last night at about 11pm. She was on holiday with her whole family, her mum Rachel, dad Kevin, sister Sinead, little brother Mitchell, and boyfriend Matt.

"My brother and her boyfriend and her little brother were there when it happened. I understand the boyfriend got her little brother away into the sea to get him from it. She was a lively, fun-loving woman, who had her whole life in front of her."

A young woman who died after being buried by tonnes of rock following a landslide on a beach in Dorset was named by her uncle today as Charlotte Blackman from Derbyshire.

Daybreak's Katy Fawcett speaks to holiday goers and residents in Dorset after the body of a 22-year-old woman was discovered following a landslide yesterday.

A lecturer in Oceanography at the University of Southampton, Simon Boxall, has told Daybreak's Katy Fawcett that the heavy rain over the summer has led to the increase of landslides.

He said: "This rainfall is washing away that soft sediment between the rocks and as it's drying out it's becoming very fractus and it's just falling away onto the beach."

Holiday goers in Dorset have spoken about their shock at the news that a 22-year-old woman has died following a landslide. Daybreak's Angela Corpe reports.

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Following a fatal landslide in Dorset, Dorset Police is advising members of the public to avoid beaches in the area with a cliff backdrops.