Mystery remains at abandoned flats taken over by rats

HIGH RISE BUILDING EMPTY FOR LAST 22 YEARS THAT BLIGHTS COMMUNITY SAID TO BE SET FOR MAJOR TRANSFORMATION

- By ELLIOT JESSETT

MYSTERY continues to shroud a derelict and disused block of flats which has been taken over by 'families of rats walking hand in hand'.

Vine House in Seaforth was first built during the high-rise boom of the 1960s but, like so many of those buildings, it fell into a state of disrepair after it closed down in 2003.

The 14 storey high building has blighted the community for more than twenty years, becoming a magnet for antisocial behaviour and infestations of vermin, with no clear plan on what will happen to it.

The site has been subject to various proposals over the years and is set for a major transformation, according to Sefton Council. However, at the time of writing, it is unclear what this will mean in practice.