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Article: Cliff face work 'has cost restaurant pounds300 a day'

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July 3, 2009
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Noisy drills being used to stabilise a Brixham cliff face have cost hundreds of pounds of lost trade in the height of the summer season, claims a cafe owner.

Lee Tyrrell of the Breakwater Bistro is frustrated the work is being carried out during his busiest time of year and says he has lost up to pounds300 a day since it started two weeks ago.

Mr Tyrrell claims the noise has led to would-be customers turning their back on his eatery because it disturbs the peace of the tranquil setting overlooking Tor Bay and Breakwater Beach.

A rock fell from the cliff face on to the beach below in February but Torbay Council has only recently begun to make the cliff safe.

They cordoned off a section of ...

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