Seven houses have been evacuated after a sinkhole appeared in gardens in a North Yorkshire market town dubbed the sinkhole capital of Britain. Two neighbouring properties lost the edges of their gardens and the entire row of 1930s terraced houses was quickly evacuated. Residents of seven houses had to sleep in hotels, the neighbouring pub or with relatives. There were no injuries but seven properties were evacuated. In 1997, four garages collapsed into a huge sinkhole that only just missed a neighbouring house.

Source: The Guardian November 10, 2016 09:38 UTC