In an industrial town cluttered with high rise flats, the two storey red brick house stands out - it even has its own gym.

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Professor Stead said a sense of community had been destroyed by factors such as the decline of pubs and churches, and the building of high-rise flats.

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These include, for instance, the ownership of parking spaces around high-rise flats: the draft says that the spaces belong to the flats' owners, not the developers.

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In a letter to other residents, she said GHA chief executive Martin Armstrong had given a previous assurance that the two Pinkston high-rise flats, which could now be demolished, had "a long-term future".

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Many of the colonial mansions within the Old City have been transformed into comfortable apartments, while high-rise modern flats can be found outside the walls.

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Plans to demolish high rise blocks of flats and build hundreds of new homes on the Orchard Park Estate were recently approved by the city council.

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