Locals living in an Edinburgh tower block being considered for demolition say they are resigned to whatever decision the council makes on their future.

Council officers look set to recommend that the Oxcars Court and Inchmickery Court buildings are demolished, after possible costs for a refit project jumped massively.

Both blocks, which are occupied by council tenants, have struggled with mould and damp and long-running maintenance issues.

A renovation was planned – and Inchmickery Court was already decanted in preparation for it – but in planning, costs shot up from £51 million to £86m.

Officers now say the renovation works no longer represent ‘value for money’, and have begun assembling options for next steps, with demolition seeming likely.

Lisa Bunham, 51, who has lived in the Oxc

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