Property owner, developer and landlord Ashley Gill has spoked to GB News host Bev Turner about the harsh restriction he is "hammered with" on listed buildings in the town of Whitehaven.

Speaking to GB News he said: "I've been renovating properties in the town centre for over 45 years with my brother and the with a local building company as well as landlords.

"And up until about 10-15 years ago we were getting lots of grant aid through English Heritage in the local council and Sellafield. And they actually did an award for renovating old buildings which was an incentive towards people to do them their best ability.

"As you can see directly behind us is one of our buildings that we have that we couldn't be keep up to standards and this is where the problem arises. Because of the amount of costing keeping these buildings up to a Georgian listed Grade 2 standard."