Man slams conditions at Newcastle tower block plagued by smashed windows and rubbish

A tower block resident has spoken out against the conditions of his estate in Walker where he says he finds needles and dog mess regularly

Five-year-old Aalim Ahmed died instantly when he fell from a kitchen window, which could tilt and turn, at Jacobs House in Plaistow, east London.

Five-year-old Aalim Ahmed died instantly when he fell from a kitchen window, which could tilt and turn, at Jacobs House in Plaistow, east London.

An emotional inquest found that little Aalim Ahmed jumped to his death from the window of his family's 15th floor social housing flat in East London, with the verdict leaving his mother distraught

Boy, 5, who fell to his death from ‘faulty’ window on 15th-floor of tower block ‘believed he could fly’, inquest finds  lbc.co.uk

Boy, five, died after jumping from ‘compromised’ tower block window | ITV News London  ITVX

An inquest has concluded08:24, 25 Aug 2026A five-year-old boy died after jumping from a 15th-floor tower block window which had become 'compromised'.‌A coroner said Aalim Ahmed, who sadly died instantly, 'opened the window and in a naive belief that he could fly or alternatively could come to no harm, he leapt from the