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Family living in mouldy west London home 'told by landlord to refuse repairs and appear homeless to be rehoused'

Resident Ali Hersi said: “It feels like the landlord abused us”

Evening Standard

North London mum went five months without hot water in 'horrible' room provided by council

Candy Cole was moved into the single room in Queen’s Park due to the ‘appalling’ state of her housing association property

Evening Standard

Hundreds of residents urge London council to rethink construction of ‘swamp ponds’

Ealing residents say ponds are a ‘biohazard’

Evening Standard

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'London's oldest weightlifting club' allowed to stay at venue for three more months

‘I think if Tower Hamlets Council decide to completely shut this place down, they’re potentially denying a Paralympian another shot at the games’ - a Paralympic athlete explained

Evening Standard

Family's 'nightmare' as they are blocked from installing a lift for disabled daughter - in property they own

Despite agreement from Brent Council - the freeholder of building is blocking ‘life-changing’ help due to worries about property price

Evening Standard

'I have to relive seeing my close friend stabbed to death every time I leave my home'

Raish Ahmed, 50, was fatally attacked in Custom House, Newham in early October

Evening Standard

138-year-old boxing club in east London that trains people for free faces closure over massive rent increase

Broad Street Amateur Boxing Club in Shadwell is the sole surviving club set up by a charity to help young people

Evening Standard

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Rough sleepers living in shadows of London’s Square Mile face abuse ‘just for being homeless’

Rough sleepers have flooded Castle Baynard Street with tents and makeshift kitchens in an image that could ripped straight from a Dickens novel

Evening Standard

Mother left with huge hole in her ceiling in south London home for two years

Sacha Berko alerted Lambeth Council to the problem in her and autistic son’s home but over two years later is still waiting for it to be repaired

Evening Standard

Inside 'dumping ground' Travelodge that is home to some of London's most vulnerable

Some people are placed in the hotel for months at a time but regularly have to change rooms, causing further instability

Evening Standard

'I thought I'd pulled a muscle at friend's 21st birthday party - now my legs won't move'

Daisy Vass had been at a friend’s 21st birthday party celebrating when she began feeling a tightness around her chest, but she thought nothing of it - not realising she'd had a rare type of stroke

Daily Mirror

Family forced to sleep in single room on blow-up beds as mould and rats destroy home

The Ali family has spent years trying to get the mould and rodent issue in their Plaistow, East London, home sorted but say the problem is now so bad they are living in one room

Daily Mirror

'I've found three bodies and an array of items in my years of mudlarking on river'

Mudlarking expert Jason Sandy has found a Roman hairpin, medieval 'knuckle duster', and three dead bodies in his 10 years of mudlarking on the River Thames

Daily Mirror

'Terrified' mum fears one of her kids could die as mould in home 'spreads like wildfire'

Tanika Alveranga says her two-bedroom home in Brent, London, is plagued by black mould and fears the issue could harm the health of her three children, including a newborn baby

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Boy, 12, misses 7 months of school because of council error that left him without a place

James Yalçın, from East London, has missed the past academic year of classroom learning after an error at Waltham Forest Council over his special educational needs

Daily Mirror

'Cruel' passer-by throws bottle of ketchup over homeless woman's bed

The shocking scene happened in Hornchurch, London, and stoked fury in the local residents, with some calling the guilty party "cruel" while others offered to replace the woman's bedding

Wales Online

Dancer wakes up with no arms or legs after being bitten by mosquito on holiday

South London woman speaks openly about the dance group holiday in 2022 that changed her life forever

Daily Record

Woman put into a coma after suffering mosquito bite woke up with no arms or legs

Tatiana Timon could never had imagined that a tiny mosquito bite would leave her in coma and without limbs.

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'I was bitten by a mosquito on holiday - when I woke up I had no arms or legs'

The memories are hazy, and Tatiana Timon can only recall snapshots - like being wheeled into an operating theatre and seeing a "big saw" before the operation to remove her lower legs

Daily Mirror

Pregnant mum fears mouldy home has put son in hospital three times with breathing issues

London mum-of-two Nikki Lazarou has asked whether one of her children needs to die before appropriate action is taken at her mouldy house

Daily Mirror

Family's horror after man found floating in Thames with weights tied to hands

Damien Lewis' body was found floating in the Thames in September last year days after he went missing, but his family are seeking answers as to what happened in that time

Daily Mirror

Mum 'unable to wash for 3 years' as 'black mould made tiles fall from ceiling'

Christine Bowden claims that she has complained to Hammersmith and Fulham Council 'at least 20 times' about 'disgusting' mould in her bathroom that has made it unsafe to use

Wales Online

Family of six living in one room told they will have to wait 13 years for bigger home

Mohamed Abubakar, his wife Rasha Al-Buriahi and their four children all sleep and eat in the same room

Daily Mirror

Family-of-six trapped in mouldy studio flat told they must wait 13 YEARS for bigger home

Mohamed Abubakar, his wife Rasha Al-Buriahi and their four children of whom the youngest is one-year-old, have to eat and sleep in the same room of their overcrowded home in east London

Daily Record

Woman says town is now so posh she can't go to Sainsbury's in pyjamas anymore

Andzelika Lus says she hardly recognises South Acton as people sneer at anyone in a tracksuit.

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