{"id":32415,"date":"2022-02-04T17:40:34","date_gmt":"2022-02-04T17:40:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=32415"},"modified":"2022-02-04T18:36:36","modified_gmt":"2022-02-04T18:36:36","slug":"storm-malik-residents-near-glasgows-trinity-tower-evacuated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=32415","title":{"rendered":"Storm Malik: Residents near Glasgow&#8217;s Trinity Tower evacuated"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i85\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-17j9f6r-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/a\/a0\/Trinity_College_Tower_%28geograph_3669747%29.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-32416\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Trinity-College-Tower-Glasgow-Gordon-Hatton-wikimedia-commons-225x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>People living near the landmark Trinity building tower in the Park Circus area of the west end of Glasgow, fear they could be out of their homes for months, after being evacuated at the weekend over safety fears.<\/h3>\n<h6><em>image: Gordon Hatton\u00a0\/\u00a0Trinity College Tower<\/em><br \/>\n<em>https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons<br \/>\n\/a\/a0\/Trinity_College_Tower_%28geograph_3669747%29.jpg<\/em><\/h6>\n<h3><!--more--><\/h3>\n<h2 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">\u2026Trinity Tower is part of building which for more than a century was a theological college for church ministers&#8230;<\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n<p>The BBC writes:<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">On Saturday, an exclusion zone was set up around the Trinity building in the Park Circus area of the west end.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i85\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-17j9f6r-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">Glasgow City Council warned the tower&#8217;s &#8220;structural deterioration&#8221; had\u00a0<a class=\"ssrcss-9nsdc6-InlineLink e1no5rhv0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-scotland-60181568\">worsened in high winds during Storm Malik<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i85\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-17j9f6r-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">Residents in the area say they have yet to be told how long it will be until the tower is made safe.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i85\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-17j9f6r-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">On Monday, the council said there was not yet a timescale for when residents would be able to return home.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i85\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-17j9f6r-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">It has not been determined how much work needs to be carried out on the tower&#8230;.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i85\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-17j9f6r-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">It was decided that the area had to be evacuated for the safety of the public&#8230;.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i85\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-17j9f6r-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">Trinity Tower is part of building which for more than a century was a theological college for church ministers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i85\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-17j9f6r-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">Free Church College was built in the 1850s and renamed Trinity College in 1930&#8230;.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i85\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-17j9f6r-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">Architect Charles Wilson won a competition to design the building with his vision of an Italian-inspired campanile. 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