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Railway Housing Association has welcomed people to its newest scheme, 16 two-bedroom bungalows in Barton Street. The homes adjoin another development, known as The Sidings, completed by the association in 2019 and which included the sympathetic restoration of a listed railway engine shed from 1844. All the homes at Barton Street have been let to people aged 60 and over. Among the residents to move in are Rose and Andrew Inglis, aged 74 and 75, respectively. They downsized from the three-bedroom family home they lived in for 49 years. Mrs Inglis said: “I was struggling with the s...

A SOMERSET company has won a multi-million pound contract to deliver equipment needed in the next phase of construction at Hinkley Point C (HPC).

Employees of Cruden have been lending a helping hand to those most in need this winter. Inverclyde foodbank received a generous donation from Cruden employees at eight different developments across Greenock and Port Glasgow. Cruden staff across 21 different construction developments have got into the festive spirit by coming together to gather and make donations to foodbanks in the areas they are building in. The equivalent of £25,000 worth of collections – a whopping 7.5 tonnes of food donations was delivered to local communities surrounding Cruden developments. Brian Lynch and ...

Contractor appointed as the first phase of town hall restoration gets underway Date published: 06 January 2021 The area around Rochdale Town Hall will also be redeveloped as part of the restoration project A multi million pound project to restore Rochdale Town Hall, hailed as one of the best examples of Victorian gothic architecture in the country, gets underway this week. The Grade-I listed masterpiece, which is well known across the country and is often used as a filming location, is set to be transformed over the next few years following a successful bid to the National Lottery Heritag...

A HOUSING association is working The remains of the old King James I Grammar School after fire ravaged the Laurel Building in March, 2007 on the £5.2 million redevelopment of a rundown old school which was once attended by comedy legend Stan Laurel. Railway Housing Association is building 28 affordable homes for rent on the site of the old King James School at Bishop Auckland. This includes the sympathetic restoration of the front of the main Grade II listed building - often referred to as the Laurel Building after the school’s most famous former popular pupil – which was badly dam...