Investigations are continuing after a 50-foot sinkhole opened up in North Yorkshire. Residents have now been moved out of 12 properties after the giant hole appeared there on Wednesday 9th.
A Ripon resident has taken to Twitter to show the hole that has appeared in his garden. Seven homes have been evacuated in the area. Nobody is injured.
An expert from Newcastle University explains how a type of rock in this area was the cause of the sinkhole.
Frances O'Neill, 74, said she almost fell in a 30ft deep sinkhole that appeared in her back garden
A resident has told how he is "gutted" at being forced to evacuate his home after a large sinkhole appeared in his back garden.