A widow says she could be forced to live in a tent as her £1million clifftop home is about to be swallowed by the sea.

Jean Flick, 88, has lived in the seaside property in Thorpeness, Suffolk, for 25 years and hopes to stay in her home for as long as it is safe to do so.

But she has been told if the cliff edge gets to within five metres of the four-bedroom house, the property will have to be demolished.

'I'm just waiting in hope there's no high tides,' she explained. 'We had a hell of a good storm the other night but we're still standing.'

Another home in her street was demolished in 2022 but Ms Flick had hoped it may be possible to build defences at the foot of the cliffs to slow the coastal erosion.