2:05pm Wednesday 2nd January 2008
By Simon Barrett
A dog had to be rescued by coastguards after slipping down a cliff.
Cacey, an Alsation-Bassett hound cross, became stuck some 15ft from the clifftop near Newhaven Fort, Newhaven, at about 2pm on Tuesday.
Cacey's owners raised the alarm and the Newhaven coastguard team launched a rescue attempt.
Despite it being new year's day, ten members of the coastguard team were mobilised and winched themselves down to rescue the ten-year-old dog.
A coastguard spokesman urged dog owners to be aware of the dangers of walking along the Sussex cliffs.
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