Helen Whately has called on the council to improve living conditions at Cambridge Road Estate. When Helen visited the Estate recently she met residents who spoke of poor maintenance and disturbance from teenagers at night. Residents pointed out smashed and boarded over windows, broken lifts and dirty, unlit stairwells. A row of flats suffered serious flooding but the council did nothing to help, even refusing to help with disposal of wrecked carpets and furniture. One man had been left with a broken front door for weeks and another stranded because of a broken lift. Helen has written to the council asking them to take action.