Video: Drone footage shows how giant landslide is gradually destroying gardens every time it rains

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Arial footage shows the extent of damage caused to a garden by a giant landslide that erodes every time there's heavy rainfall. One homeowner said the landslip has got worse year-by-year since he moved to High Haden Crescent a decade ago.

John Hingley describes watching trees disappear while looking out of his bedroom window. He said: I've seen two sheds disappear, too. And it keeps getting worse. When it rains, the land turns into clay and chunks fall down the slope."

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Cradley Heath and Old Hill Councillor, Vicki Smith, said she is working to help find a solution. She said:  "I can understand why residents are worried because it keeps getting bigger. It looks like they are living on the edge of a cliff the hole is so deep."

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