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"Because I was working, no charity could help. But when you walk into a house that's derelict, your mental health drops straight away," she says.

A derelict housing estate dubbed "Scotland's Chernobyl" for its eerie ghost-town like appearance is finally about to be razed to the ground.

"As a mum to young children, I want them to grow up feeling safe, in a community that isn't derelict, a High Street that isn't falling apart, and isn't populated by criminality," she said.

A creative with a vision might see a bright future for the derelict Sheffield loo, similar to others which have become living spaces, galleries and breweries.

By then, he was living like a recluse in a large derelict home, surrounded by child-sized dolls.