Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen remembers a community removed from run-down terraces into the imposing Byker Wall. 40 years on, she finds one struggling for control of its own destiny. Show more Finnish ...

Byker Wall, which has more than 600 flats, has been repainted in its original colour scheme and a new roof with solar panels has been installed. Designed by architect Ralph Erskine, ...

Foreboding whispered warnings to “never look over the Byker Wall” were common on the playground. But then the Tyne and Wear Metro appeared in 1980, and attitudes began to change. If you travel from ...

Byker Metro station is in line for a major refurbishment in the hope of making it “brighter, cleaner and more modern”. Transport chiefs have revealed that they are drawing up plans for a ...

The Byker Wall, along with the low-rise homes built to its south, replaced Victorian 'slum' terraced housing, the bulk of which dated from 100 years earlier.

Revamp plan for Byker Wall estate More than 9,000 people live on the estate. Plans for a revamp of a Tyneside housing estate, which was given listed status in 2007, have been unveiled. Up to £48m ...

Byker Wall regeneration project enters final stages. Housing firm Keepmoat, working in partnership with the Byker Community Trust (BCT), is in the final stages of its £7m regeneration scheme of the ...

The Minister for Housing, Kris Hopkins MP officially launched a £9.5 million refurbishment project of Newcastle’s iconic Byker Wall and link blocks this week. The Minister cut the ribbon to mark the ...

A £9.7m refurbishment of a listed housing estate in Newcastle has been completed. Byker Wall, which has more than 600 flats, has been repainted in its original colour scheme and a new roof with ...

Byker Metro station is in line for a major refurbishment in the hope of making it “brighter, cleaner and more modern”. Transport chiefs have revealed that they are drawing up plans for a ...