The sister of late One Direction star Liam Payne has shared a fresh wave of heartbreak, revealing that the planned demolition of part of their old school feels like another piece of her brother is being erased.
A New Layer of Grief
Ruth Gibbins, one of Liam's two older sisters, took to her Instagram Story on Friday to express her sorrow upon learning that a section of St Peter's Collegiate Academy in Wolverhampton is to be knocked down. She posted a poignant quote about grieving alongside a personal message.
'Hearing part of our senior school is being knocked down and having such clear memories of Liam waiting by my locker to ask for money off me all the time,' she wrote. Ruth added, 'Feels like all of him is being removed from the planet, all the places we've been are changing and he's not here to change with them.'
Memories and 'A Thousand Tiny Losses'
Accompanying her words was a nostalgic photo of a school corridor from their teenage years, paired with the quote: 'A thousand tiny losses every single day.' This latest emotional outpouring comes over a year after the singer's tragic death.
Liam Payne died at the age of 31 on October 16, 2024, after falling from the third-floor balcony of his hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina. His passing sent shockwaves through the music world and left his family devastated.
An Ongoing Struggle with Loss
Ruth's recent post echoes the profound grief she expressed on the first anniversary of her brother's death in October 2025. At that time, she admitted she continues to be 'paralysed' by grief daily and had 'underestimated' its enduring power.
In her earlier tribute, she revealed suffering from a recurring nightmare set in Liam's hotel room, where she screams for him but he cannot hear her. 'My brain is locked on your last minutes on this earth, the unaccounted minutes, the minutes I will never have the answers to,' she wrote poignantly.
Following Liam Payne's death, his former One Direction bandmates—Harry Styles, Niall Horan, Louis Tomlinson, and Zayn Malik—united in a heartfelt statement, describing him as a 'brother' whose memory they would treasure forever.
