Residents may face evacuation

Nov 19 2009

Up to 22 residents could be evacuated from a coastal village while work is carried out to prevent a landslide from a cliff cutting off the only access road to the area.

A section of the cliff above Pennan village could be removed after a 25-metre crack appeared but such an operation is likely to take several days because the access road is steep and narrow.

The only road into the village on the Moray coast, which was featured in the film Local Hero, has been closed to everyone except residents.