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Godstone sinkhole: Residents out of their homes 'for a year'

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Residents of Godstone, Surrey , have been told it could be up to a year before they can return to their homes.

Two sinkholes have opened up in the village and residents have been evacuated.

Two of the three pipes that supplied the village were broken after the sinkhole.

Residents say they have had to sleep in three different properties in four nights .

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71

Informative language

64

Neutral language

84

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

37

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not offensive

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not hateful

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short-lived

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