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Block of flats teetering on edge of river bank after huge landslip underneath building

Pictures taken on Wednesday morning show the landslip on the south bank of the River Avon in Bristol, which pushed small trees and bushes down towards the river and exposed cables at the new flat block

Daily Mirror

Mould complaints in England’s social housing double over two years

Ombudsman criticises ‘disappointing’ response by landlords in wake of Awaab Ishak’s death from respiratory illness in 2020

The Guardian - UK

Developers reassure residents South Bristol tower block 'not affected' by river bank erosion

Part of the bank beneath the huge Boat Yard development has fallen into the river

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Mum and autistic daughter forced to live in a home with mould so bad she 'can taste it'

A mum says she and her disabled daughter have been forced to live with the stench of sewage and mould, after her housing association failed to conduct adequate repairs

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Woman facing Christmas in mouldy flat that feels like it's 'raining constantly'

Ellie Rice says her flat is covered in mould and damp that isn't being sorted out

Wales Online

Woman's flat feels like it's 'constantly raining' as she fears wet walls making her ill

The dampness has caused mould to spread throughout Ellie Rice's property in South London, as she's been forced to get rid of her curtains because she fears for her health

Daily Mirror

'They should be treated like human beings,' says British activist campaigning for tenants

Our Observer, Kwajo Tweneboa, lived in appalling conditions in a London council house for years, along with his dying father and two sisters. But he has turned this difficult experience into a powerful drive for change. Today, he travels up and down the UK visiting substandard homes and documenting the…

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England’s largest housing association accused by Gove of failing tenants

Michael Gove said Clarion Housing Group had ‘failed its tenants and refused to treat people with respect’.

The Independent UK

Mum's despair as doctor raises concerns for her children's health in mould-infested home

Kym Austin has watched in horror as the health of her three children has deteriorated, trapped in a mould infested home that has left them returning again and again to the doctors

Daily Mirror

'The kids' coughs aren't going away and I'm panicking': Mum's despair as doctor raises concerns over mould-infested home

'When I read the article about Awaab Ishak I had goose bumps'

Manchester Evening News

Couple spend TWO YEARS bailing out floods from leaking flat and five months in the dark

Two vulnerable pensioners have been battling leaks in their flat for two years and had to go without lighting for five months after water penetrated electrics

Daily Mirror

'A stranger took over my house when I was abroad, now I'm forced to live two hours away'

Filippe Scalora claims he now has to take a bus and several trains just to make vital hospital appointments after the horrific ordeal

Daily Mirror

Huge 'Boat Yard' development on Bath Road won't be finished until end of next year

There's a new contractor trying to finish the project

Bristol Post

The Boat Yard - Bristol's unfinished landmark tower block - finally has new contractor

The Boat Yard is 17 storeys up from the banks of the River Avon

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Volunteers who helped helped secure world-class cycling facility for West Lothian celebrate their achievement

New £1.25 West Lothian Cycle Circuit at Linlithgow Leisure Centre will be completed next year

Bristol Post

Work stops at landmark Bristol tower block development as builders go bust

The future of 'the Boat Yard' is uncertain

Daily Record

Man finds stranger living in flat and running up £8k bill but can't kick him out

Filippe Scalora had travelled to Australia to visit his parents in December 2019 when lockdown hit, leaving him stranded halfway across the globe.

Manchester Evening News

Man finds stranger living in his home running up £8,000 utility bill

Filippe Scalora was kicked out of his flat while he was stuck abroad during the pandemic

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Wales Online

Man finds stranger living in his home running up £8k bill and can't kick him out

Filippe returned from a trip to Australia to find his flat had been taken over, an investigation is now under way

Zenger

Creepy Crawlies: Chef Bitten Over 100 Times By False Widow Spiders

Russell Davies, 55, was left covered in nasty bites all over his torso, caused by the arachnids that have infested his home.

Daily Mirror

Man bitten by 100 times by false widow spiders after infestation in his flat

Russell Davies, 55, says he has counted around 12 female spiders and roughly 10 males in his flat in Southborough near Tunbridge Wells, Kent since January 2020

Daily Mirror

Man bitten by hundreds of spiders forced to sleep in tent to escape infestation

Russell Davies says housing association officers have refused to fumigate his flat in Southborough near Tunbridge Wells in Kent

Liverpool Echo

Man who lived in home 'not fit for animals' fights social housing horrors

Kwajo Tweneboa is in Liverpool as part of an effort to expose poor living conditions

Birmingham Post

Clarion Housing insists £22m Plymouth housing build will go ahead after Midas exits project

UK's largest social housing provider dropped Midas Group from ambitious project before construction firm's intention to appoint administrator

The Guardian - UK

‘I’m willing to take on absolutely everyone!’ Kwajo Tweneboa on fighting for Britain’s poorest tenants

After his dying father was nursed in their vermin-infested flat, the student took on the country’s biggest social landlord. Now, he champions all those living in terrible conditions

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