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Seven homes have been evacuated after an apparent sinkhole opened up following heavy rain in Lancashire.

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Engineers working to repair a sinkhole which appeared in Godstone High Street in Surrey six months ago say the collapse started with a burst water main.

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Business owners in Surrey blighted by a massive sinkhole say they are fed up of people thinking their village is closed six months on.

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Researchers working with cave explorers uncovered the remnants of an auroch while surveying a number of caverns and sinkholes near Ingleborough.

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Grabbing a rope from their work site, they tossed it into the sinkhole to the female driver, who had by this time made her way out of the car.

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