Coastguards have issued a warning to holidaymakers after a cliff fall at a "vulnerable" section of coast in Dorset.

The landslip took place at West Bay, near the area where holidaymaker Charlotte Blackman, 22, died when a cliff collapsed and crushed her last summer.

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© Dorset County CouncilThe cliff fall in West Dorset
Heavy rainfall at the end of last week is thought to have made the land unstable and crumbly, the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) said.

No-one was injured in the landslip, which happened near Freshwater Beach Holiday Park on Friday and has left the cliff with an overhang.

An MCA spokesman said: "Some sections of the coast around the UK are particularly vulnerable to cliff falls and landslips.

"HM Coastguard is again advising the public to take great care when walking on cliff paths or along beaches, and take note of any warning signs in place."

Dorset County Council's emergency planning department was informed of the cliff fall and is investigating.

Miss Blackman, from Derbyshire, was killed last July when part of a 160ft-high cliff face on the Jurassic Coast at Burton Bradstock collapsed, sending rocks plummeting onto the sand below where she was walking.