'Heartbreaking': The man driven out by the UK's £5bn theme park
We had a nice little community here, lots of wildlife, very quiet," Wood tells the BBC.Now, as the 55-year-old looks around him in Manor Road, all he sees are empty properties. When I drive up and down this road, I almost feel I shouldn't be here now."Image source, Ant Saddington/BBCSeeing his neighbours' houses being demolished is a sight that almost brings him to tears."I came past and saw them being demolished yesterday and it's heartbreaking," Wood adds.
- ▪We had a nice little community here, lots of wildlife, very quiet," Wood tells the BBC.Now, as the 55-year-old looks around him in Manor Road, all he sees are empty properties.
- ▪When I drive up and down this road, I almost feel I shouldn't be here now."Image source, Ant Saddington/BBCSeeing his neighbours' houses being demolished is a sight that almost brings him to tears."I came past and saw them being demolished
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'Heartbreaking': The man driven out by the UK's £5bn theme parkImage source, Ant Saddington/BBCImage caption, Seeing his neighbours' homes being demolished has almost brought Ritchie Wood to tearsByLewis Adams and Sam Read, in Kempston HardwickPublished1 hour agoSurrounded by rolling fields and lakes, Ritchie Wood's home of 11 years provided the serene village life he loved.Yet in recent weeks, his neighbours have packed their bags and left - their houses in Kempston Hardwick, Bedfordshire, soon to be reduced to rubble."It's totally changed to how it used to be - it used to be lovely. We had a nice little community here, lots of wildlife, very quiet," Wood tells the BBC.Now, as the 55-year-old looks around him in Manor Road, all he sees are empty properties.
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