The Scotsman

Poor old Cumbernauld. The town with all the popular appeal of a Moscow suburb is under fire again but this time from within, according to Channel 4. The station is making a four-part series Demolition, in which viewers nominate an "eyesore" building they want bulldozed. Some residents of Cumbernauld have apparently demanded Channel 4 help raze their entire town to the ground. "It's a bit further than we want to go for a programme," said a spokesman. The channel was surprised by the response that they received after they announced the series. "We anticipated suggestions on single buildings, but a whole town was one of the more unusual ones," the spokesman said. It was, he added, among the first suggestions made via the channel's website, which does not officially start accepting nominations until today.