6 d. ago Scots 'living in a bombsite' months after storm damaged tower block

Damage to tower block still hasn’t been repaired after four months.

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1 week ago Cops heard tower block yob armed with screwdriver yell ‘Stab him’

The accused admitted having an offensive weapon and acting in a threatening or abusive manner.

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1 week ago Two police officers rushed to hospital after disturbance at Glasgow tower block

Three men, aged 24, 25 and 31, were arrested following the incident.

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2 w. ago Huge blaze rips through Westminster tower block as 75 firefighters scrambled to scene

Flames were seen engulfing flats on the sixth floor

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2 w. ago Inside the London tower block where broken lifts have left residents with ‘crippling anxiety’

Residents say the building’s two lifts have had problems at least twice a month since last September

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2 w. ago Huge fire rips through London tower block with flats engulfed in flames as 75 firefighters scrambled

Huge fire rips through London tower block with flats engulfed in flames as 75 firefighters scrambled  The Sun

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2 w. ago Residents stranded in tower block for a week after lifts break down

Residents stranded in tower block for a week after lifts break down  The Times

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2 w. ago Fury as residents left 'trapped' in iconic London tower block after the lifts break for nearly a week

Those living on the top floor of the Grade II listed Balfron Tower have had to trek 84 metres up and down stairs - the height of 17 double-decker London buses - every time they need to leave their homes.

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3 w. ago 'Bruce Willis of Reading' who rescued man from blazing £750m tower block gets bucket list wishes fulfilled as he battles incurable cancer

Glen Edwards, 66, was dubbed 'the Bruce Willis of Reading' after he used a cage to save a worker's life at the Station Hill construction site in the town in 2023.

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3 w. ago Walthamstow fire: Dozens evacuated from homes as 100 firefighters tackle huge blaze at block of flats

Woman and baby treated at the scene as two floors and roof of block in east London engulfed by blaze

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3 w. ago Walthamstow fire: Dozens evacuated as 100 firefighters tackle huge blaze at block of flats

Woman and baby treated at the scene as two floors and roof of block in east London engulfed by blaze

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3 w. ago Walthamstow fire: 100 firefighters tackle huge blaze at block of flats as black smoke billows across sky

Woman and baby treated at the scene as two floors and roof of block in east London engulfed by blaze

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3 w. ago Walthamstow fire LIVE: Huge blaze at tower block as 15 fire engines scrambled

A huge blaze is ripping through a block of flats on Collendale Road in Walthamstow, London with 15 fire engines and around 100 firefighters currently tackling the inferno

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3 w. ago Laundry service at Motherwell tower block now fully functional after one year

A fire broke out at the electrical cupboard within Doonside Tower’s laundry area in June 2024 and the full service was unavailable to residents for 11 months.

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3 w. ago West Lothian still clearing away damage from Storm Eowyn four months on

West Lothian Council received more than 1,300 calls about storm damaged trees from January to the end of March this year.

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4 w. ago Sadiq Khan urged to block high rise building that skirts Grenfell building rule by 30cm

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.

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