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Stabilisation work underway after recent Laxey landslide

But the cause of the landslide appears to be unknown

Work to make safe an unstable bank behind a landmark Laxey warehouse is underway, after a significant landslide last month.

Six trees have had to be felled and work to repair a damaged sluice will follow.

The warehouse, previously a film studio, is used by Laxey based Swales Flooring.

Proprietor Phil Swales is also owner of a house on Old Laxey Hill which has lain empty since a landslide there two years ago.

Garff MHK, Andrew Smith, who's funding the current work, says the cause of the landslide, which followed heavy rain is open to conjecture:

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