Welsh Streets homes doomed
Welsh Streets homes doomed
HUNDREDS of homes in Liverpool's historic Welsh Streets are facing demolition after an 11th-hour change of heart by housing officials.
Almost 500 homes, including Madryn Street, the former home of Beatle Ringo Starr, are now set to be bulldozed.
The controversial plans to flatten the 11 streets and rebuild were shelved earlier this year after huge protests.
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Your guide to the new Edge Lane
Your guide to the new Edge Lane
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PLANS to transform Liverpool's Edge Lane with a widened road and new housing have sparked anger from some residents, whose homes will be demolished.
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Soaring house prices save 7,000 homes from the axe
Soaring house prices save 7,000 homes from the axe
ROCKETING house prices across Merseyside have led to a dramatic cut in the biggest housing demolition programme since the slum clearances of the 1960s.
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Battle as road plan gets the go-ahead
Battle as road plan gets the go-ahead
FAMILIES living close to Liverpool's busy Edge Lane were gearing up for a fight last night after councillors gave the go-ahead to a £40m road widening scheme.
Despite pleas by local people and their three councillors, the council's planning committee voted by a majority to approve the road scheme.
The battle will now switch to a proposed public inquiry next month to decide whether compulsory purchase orders should be confirmed.
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Ringo's House - Good News
THE house where Ringo Starr was born will be taken down brick by brick and preserved, it was revealed today. Housing chiefs have come under fire for wanting to demolish the Beatles drummer's first home in Liverpool's Welsh Streets area under a £54m regeneration plan. Liverpool council today announced it will carefully dismantle the Madryn Street terrace rather than bulldoze it along with almost 500 other properties.
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