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Nisha Mal

Last person living on 'loneliest' street refuses to move despite plans to knock it down

A retired bank worker is the last person living on 'Britain's loneliest street' which is all due to be knocked down - but he's refusing to move. Nick Wisniewski, 66, has no neighbours living beside him in 128 flats after the last of around 200 residents moved out in December.

The eight blocks of flats and other homes on Stanhope Place are all scheduled for demolition. But Nick refuses to leave - despite the council's attempts to buy him out.

Nick says council officials have offered him £35,000 plus two years' rent somewhere else if he moves. They want to flatten Stanhope Place, in Wishaw, North Lanarkshire, and redevelop the area - but he is refusing to go.

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