thanks for the help Matthew, much appreciated I have fixed the error by changing the layout.min.css file through ftp (not available through wordpress)....hope this helps anyone else researching a similar problem, & here is the code I added...
#footer {
padding-bottom: 10px;
}
#footer .widget {
margin-bottom: 20px;
}
#footer {
padding-bottom: 10px;(remove)
}
#footer .widget {
margin-bottom: 20px; (remove)
}