THE costs of supporting households affected by widespread ground movement in a former pit village in Scotland are uncapped and could run to “tens of millions” of pounds, a British minister has confirmed.Coalsnaughton in Clackmannanshire saw 97 households evacuated in May as homes and whole streets began to crack and shift.An eight-week investigation by the Mining Remediation Authority (MRA) has now confirmed that the subsidence was caused by historic mining activity and that it will now lead efforts to make the village safe again.

THE costs of supporting households affected by widespread ground movement in a former pit village in Scotland are uncapped and could run to “tens of millions” of pounds, a British minister has confirmed.

Coalsnaughton in Clackmannanshire saw 97 households evacuated in May as homes and whole streets began to crack and shift.

An eight-week investigation by the Mining Remediation Authority (MRA) has now confirmed that the subsidence was caused by historic mining activity and that it will now lead efforts to make the village safe again.

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