Devon County Council has closed the A379 at Torcross due to a collapsing sea wall.UPDATE: Dr Sarah Wollaston MP visited Torcross on Monday, February 15, to speak to local residents. A spokesman for Devon County Council said work to create a diversion for 'light traffic' through the car park will begin tomorrow, Tuesday, February 16, and is expected to be finished within the day. Residents spoke to Dr Wollaston and members of the Environment Agency, South Hams District Council and Devon County Council at length about their worries for the area.Specific points were made about the lack of a bus service past Kingsbridge, leaving 3,500 people in the villages of Frogmore, Chillington, West Charleton, East Charleton, Stokenham and Torcross without a bus service. A spokesman for Devon County Council said: 'We’re talking with Stagecoach about their service to see what if anything the County Council can help with.' Stagecoach have been contacted for a comment. They also brought up issues of cracked walls, shaking buildings, vibrations and the chances of losing the road and the Ley.More to follow.Torcross lost its sea wall on Friday morning and now the rest of the village has had another night of battering.The remaining sea wall, reinforced with metal pilings, has been shaken over night and this morning, with the force of the waves causing the buildings at the front of the village to shake. Walking along the front, as many people were this morning, you can feel the vibrations through your feet from the sea hitting the wall. Mark Keel, bar staff at the Start Bay Inn at Torcross, said that the shaking was so strong last night that the oil was jumping out of the deep fat friers.'We're being bashed about', he said on Saturday lunchtime, when the pub was closed due to the effects of the sea, 'the whole sea wall is dropping, from the damaged section to the hotel, and a large crack has appeared along the front.'Some of the properties along the sea front, often battered by the sea, have been damaged again this morning, with windows blown in and some flooded.The coastguard were inspecting the area by the hotel where water has been spotted coming through the road. Mark continued: 'I've never felt anything like it. The power of the sea against the wall is causing the whole place to shake'.With the school's half term beginning today, Mark is concerned for the season ahead. 'There's no beach for people to sit on', he said. The Start Bay Inn was re-opened at around 1pm.We will be following the progress at Torcross.

Stagecoach says its no 3 service, Dartmouth to Kingsbridge, is 'currently unable to serve the route between Slapton and Kingsbridge'.

A spokesman tweeted: 'Service 3 from Kingsbridge Quay to Dartmouth having to use the top road.' A joint statement released by South Hams District Council and Devon County Council says: 'A section of the Torcross sea wall between Slapton and Beesands collapsed this morning, at high tide at around 9am. Devon County Council has closed the road, the A379, while it is unsafe to use and intends to start work next week to repair damage to the highway.’In the meantime diversions are in place. Engineers from South Hams District Council and Devon County Council are onsite and assessing the condition of the sea wall in order to limit any further deterioration’.A digger want brought in to remove the damaged section of wall on Friday afternoon and work to rebuild the sea defences is expected to start on Monday.Hugh Griffith, of Devon County Council's Highway Operations Control Centre, later tweeted the second picture, showing the lengthy diversions in place.A video of the damaged sea wall, courtesy of John Walker, Videotechmedia, Dartmouth, is now on our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/SouthHamsNewspapers/Maps suggested diversions can be found by clicking through the pictures on this page.More on this story as we get it.