The government is condemning children to learn in dilapidated buildings, claims Labour, with only a small number of schools due to be rebuilt this year. (bbc.co.uk)
The houses belonged to his mother, an Irish - American woman named Rosemarie Martin, who bought a handful of dilapidated houses by the seashore in Long Island, hoping to rent them. (discovermagazine.com)
This bizarre yet beautiful odyssey takes three British foundlings away from their home for «damaged» children and into the Black Middens, an area of dilapidated buildings and a thick mud that holds many secrets — including Heaven Eyes, an odd child who seems as much sprite as human. (booklistonline.com)