Engineer dubbed 'King Canute' wins battle to protect clifftop home from sea

telegraph.co.uk
Dec. 5, 2008
A retired engineer who earned the nickname King Canute because of his efforts to save his clifftop home from the sea has won a High Court battle to continue maintaining his local tidal defences.
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