Edinburgh & East - Tuesday, November 9, 2010

"Another infection would finish him". The words of a desperately worried wife and grandmother as her husband lies in a hospital ward and she waits anxiously for a suitable council house. Last year, Jean celebrated her 50th wedding anniversary with her husband. After 18 weeks in hospital she says he's a shadow of his former self. She now fears they'll never be together again. This is the reason why Malkie can't come home - a bedroom riddled with damp. The flat in Alexandria also has no disabled facilities. The family say they're on several waiting lists but that no alternative council or sheltered housing accommodation can be found. Scotland was bucking the UK trend of falling house prices and falling sales - but not any more. A new development of homes for rent officially opened in Govan this morning. It's been built for the local housing association in partnership with a major construction company. Developments like this one are helping construction firms keep their heads above water but with public sector purse strings tightening there's clearly a concern this type of work could dry up. All eyes then on the private sector but if people aren't buying houses it's clearly not good news for housebuilders. The Sheridan perjury trial has been adjourned until Friday after the judge, Lord Bracadale, told the jury this morning that Tommy Sheridan was too ill to continue with his defence. The move means that the timetable for the completion of the trial has slipped even further ...



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