A decision to demolish an 18-storey tower block and rehouse its elderly residents is to be reconsidered. South Tyneside Council's Labour cabinet had unanimously voted to pull down Durham Court, in ...

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

Since its unveiling in 1962, a Huyton tower block has experienced a storied and troubled history. In many ways, Knowsley Heights reflects the fate of so many other high-rise developments which ...

Two tower blocks on Merseyside are costing a council £3,000 per day to keep them safe, a senior local authority official has said. Beech Rise and Willow Rise in Kirkby, which have hundreds of ...

Inside the London tower block where broken lifts have left residents with ‘crippling anxiety’ Residents say the building’s two lifts have broken down at least twice a month since last September ...

SINGAPORE – Jurong Hill Tower, two grandstands at Turf City in Bukit Timah and six blocks in Dakota Crescent estate have been put forth for conservation. The state properties were among ...

Signatories include Justice for Grenfell, End Our Cladding Scandal, Tower Blocks UK, UK Cladding Action, Acorn, the London Renters’ Union, and the Penge Preservation Society. FBU general secretary ...

Tory controlled Bromley Council has approved an application to build a tower block in Penge, South London, that attempts to get around the rule by reducing the height of the building by 30cm.

A HUGE fire has erupted at a tower block opposite the O2 arena with plumes of black smoke seen billowing into the sky. The blaze could be spotted from a balcony at New Providence Wharf, just off th… ...

A HUGE fire has erupted at a tower block opposite the O2 arena with plumes of black smoke seen billowing into the sky. The blaze could be spotted from a balcony at New Providence Wharf, just off th… ...

Questions have again been raised over the safety of a tragic tower block where two people have now died after falling from height - with an investigation underway. News you can trust since 1877.