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Following the landslip, the council warned islanders and visitors to stay away from cliff edges and coastal paths in the area, and not to walk directly under the cliffs.

The air crews brought desirable goods or “cargo,” much of which was exchanged to the islanders for their labor in building the airfields.

So their fight back has begun in the hope the same natural beauty that attracts more than a million tourists a year might bring more islanders who can work remotely, like Will Matthews, back home.

It is clear that the debate on where the new school should be built is an issue that is consuming islanders.

The Chagos islanders - some in Mauritius and the Seychelles, but others living in the UK - do not speak with one voice on the fate of their homeland.