Housing minister tries to save Ringo Starr's childhood home

Grant Shapps urges Liverpool city council to scrap plans to demolish birthplace of Beatles drummerThe terrace house where former Beatle Ringo Starr was born could be saved from demolition after the intervention of a government minister.The house at 9 Madryn Street, in the Dingle area of Liverpool, was due to be bulldozed as part of a multimillion-pound regeneration scheme. But Grant Shapps, the housing minister, has asked Liverpool city council to postpone the demolition of the house where the B...

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