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Ellie Forbes & Hannah Mackenzie Wood

Lone Scot living on 'ghost town' street spends £2,000 decorating home in 'eyesore' area

The last person living on 'Britain's loneliest street' after he refused to move has spent nearly £2,000 decorating his home - but said the area has become an eyesore. Nick Wisniewski, 67, has no neighbours living beside him in 128 flats after the last of around 200 residents moved out more than a year ago.

The eight blocks of flats and other homes on Stanhope Place in Wishaw, North Lanarkshire, are all scheduled for demolition. But Nick has refused to leave and blasted council chiefs who he claims he has not heard from since November 2021.

Retired bank worker Nick said an area in the car park outside of his flat has become an eyesore with rubbish piled up and grass badly overgrown. He said no one cleans the block anymore and that the halls have been left in darkness with the lights no longer coming on in other floors.

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