The Troubled History of a Huyton Tower Block - Liverpool Echo

The troubled history of a Huyton tower block - Liverpool Echo

After more than sixty years of providing social housing, Knowsley Heights is now set to be torn down

'A catastrophic scandal': Inside the tower block so dangerous residents face being kicked out at any moment

Hundreds of residents in two tower blocks are facing imminent homelessness after both buildings were condemned by the fire service as being unsafe.

How Labour treat their voters when they have no opposition for 50 years

By cuckooshoe It’s despicable how Labour treat their voters when they have no opposition. From Sky News, last week: Hundreds of people are facing imminent homelessness after their Merseyside flat blocks were condemned by the fire service as being unsafe. Residents of Beech Rise and Willow Rise in Kirkby, Merseyside – consisting of 160 flats in total – have been told they need to find somewhere else to live “immediately”. Sky News understands a m…

'A Catastrophic Scandal': Inside The Tower Block So Dangerous Residents Face Being Kicked Out At Any Moment - Great Yorkshire Radio

There are water stains across the carpet and rotten wood on the doors. Around the corner, there’s a hole in the wall, barely patched up with a piece of polystyrene sheet. We’re meeting a resident on the 13th floor of the building in Kirkby, Merseyside – but the lifts are broken and wires hang out of the service panel. Like everyone living here, we will have to walk. The disrepair in this block is everywhere you look. It has now been deemed so un…