The Darkness’ Justin Hawkins says his parents could be forced to demolish their home on crumbling Suffolk coastline after council ruled out repairing sea defences

Rock star Justin Hawkins has said his elderly parents could be forced to demolish their home on a crumbling coastline after the council ruled out repairing sea defences.

The frontman of The Darkness said his parents, Sandy and Harry, who are in their 70s and 80s, are part of a group of homeowners who could be encouraged to leave their properties in Corton, Suffolk.

Suffolk has some of the fastest eroding coast in Europe, with 2,500 homes now considered at risk as long-term defences are considered unsafe and beyond cost-effective repair. 

The East Anglian coastline has been blighted by coastal erosion in recent

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