A SEVEN YEAR dispute involving elderly residents in an East Cleveland village is set to continue.

On Monday, pensioners living in council properties in Shepherd Court and Fenton Street, Boosbeck, took their demands for replacement windows to a meeting of Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council's housing advisory panel.

Last month they sent a petition to Ian Sim, director of housing at Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council.

Coun Steve Kay, who is backing the pensioners, said the panel accepted people living in houses with the type of secondary glazing - which allows residents to take out the panes of glass for cleaning - should be given high priority if and when the council sets up a company to run its housing.

Coun Kay said: "We are very disappointed as we think these windows are dangerous and something should be done immediately, not just for the people living in Boosbeck but for people living in similar houses in Skinningrove and Lingdale."

Andy Powell, deputy director of housing at Redcar and Cleveland Council, said the council was sympathetic to the elderly residents.

"We understand the difficulties they have with these windows and we are looking to see what we can do to help them in the short term," he said.