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Landslide death woman named

A young woman who died after being buried by tonnes of rock following a landslide on a beach in Dorset was named today as Charlotte Blackman from Derbyshire. The incident took place at the Freshwater Beach holiday park at Burton Bradstock beach.

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Policeman stands guard near scene of cliff collapse

Charlotte Blackman was killed when part of a 160ft-high cliff collapsed. Credit: ITV News

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.

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