Bodies found at famous beauty spot.Summary: The bodies of a man, woman and child have been found at the foot of Beachy Head Beachy Head, high chalk cliffs (575 ft/175 m), on the south coast of East Sussex, S England. The battle of Beachy Head, in the War of the Grand Alliance, was fought (1690) between an Anglo-Dutch fleet under the earl of Torrington and the French fleet under the comte in East Sussex East Sussex, county (1991 pop. 670,600), 693 sq mi (1,795 sq km), extreme SE England. It comprises seven administrative districts: Brighton, Eastbourne, Hastings, Hove, Lewes, Rother, and Wealden. The county, the seat of which is Lewes, borders the English Channel. , police have said. The bodies of a man, woman and child have been found at the foot of Beachy Head in East Sussex, police have said. The three unidentified bodies were recovered from the bottom of the beauty spot, near Eastbourne, earlier on Monday. Sussex Police Sussex Police is the Home Office police force responsible for policing East Sussex, West Sussex and City of Brighton and Hove in southern England. History There were originally separate forces for East and West Sussex, along with the boroughs of Brighton, Hastings and were alerted after they received a call from the Coastguard at 8.20pm on Sunday Sunday: see Sabbath; week. . A police spokeswoman said the victims, confirmed as a man, woman and a young child, were not thought to be local. The 600ft cliffs at Beachy Head are a notorious suicide spot. In 2004, the Beachy Head Chaplaincy chap·lain n. Abbr. Ch. 1. A member of the clergy attached to a chapel. 2. a. A member of the clergy who conducts religious services for an institution, such as a prison or hospital. b. Team was set up to patrol the cliff-top in a bid to prevent suicides. Independent Television News Limited 2009. All rights reserved. Independent Television News Limited 2009. All rights reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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