It’s not the cheeriest place to tell a story, but if nothing else, slums do tend to give rise to hardened characters and multifaceted narratives.

Plans were proposed in the 1950s to clear the slums and re-house people in modern high-rise blocks, purpose-built estates on the outskirts of the city, or in New Towns. Many of the tenement blocks ...

For now, 14 people have already been found dead, but that number could rise dramatically given the high number of people ... rubble of the densely populated slums, especially in the hills above ...