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Woman rescued after night spent in cliff-top perch

A DRIVER who was inside her car as it plunged over a cliff was rescued after she spent a night perched on the face of the 300ft precipice.

Woman rescued after night spent in cliff-top perch

Wed, 27 Jul, 2011 - 01:00

James Edgar

Falmouth Coastguard said the 56-year-old woman became stranded on the rock face at St Agnes in Cornwall on Monday.

It was only shortly before 9.30am yesterday that the alarm was raised.

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