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FORGOTTEN HISTORY: 4 | History Defined

Inside UK's social homes from hell - plagued with rats, mould and crumbling walls

Families across the UK have exposed the mould, damp and disrepair they've been forced to endure living in under social housing and council landlords

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Dad with 'heart of gold' killed in horror crash was 'intoxicated' and likely speeding, inquest hears

Father-of-four Benjamin Harvey, 37, died after losing control of his silver Audi A3 Sport on a bend and crashing into a wall earlier this year

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Mum finds blood-stained bed sheets during Travelodge stay 'like Bushtucker trial'

Gill Craddock, 56, booked four rooms at the Retford Markham Moor Travelodge when she came down from North Yorkshire for her daughter Amy's wedding

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Treasured dad gets final wish to die at home, moments after passing through front door

It was Fred Butler's wish to die in his own home, surrounded by his family

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Judi Love's heartbreak as son ended up in intensive care due to damp social housing

Judi Love has now spoken out about how her 11-year-old son was seriously ill after developing breathing problems due to the damp social housing, as she reflected on two-year-old Awaab Ishak's tragic death

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Michael Gove blasts Awaab Ishak housing association's response to mould death tragedy

Michael Gove told MPs leaders at Rochdale Boroughwide Housing (RBH) - which failed to act when Awaab Ishak's parents reported dangerous mould in their home - didn't appreciate the scale of change needed

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Brit dad sees half his leg devoured by flesh-eating bug after scorpion bite on holiday

WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGES British man Alan Stephenson is anxiously waiting for news of whether medics will amputate the remains of his infected limb after he suffered a freak reaction to the bite in Thailand

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'This has absolutely destroyed me': The men beaten up for being gay

SPECIAL REPORT: Figures obtained by the Manchester Evening News have revealed how reported hate crimes against LGBTQ+ people are rising each year in our region, as two brave victims speak out about their ordeals

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Awaab Ishak's family break their silence after housing boss sacked over boy's death

The tragic two-year-old's family from Rochdale, said it 'speaks volumes' that former housing association boss Gareth Swarbrick was sacked from his role instead of stepping down

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Housing boss will NOT quit £185,000 job after death of two-year-old boy in mouldy home

Gareth Swarbrick, the housing association's chief executive, finally apologised to Awaab Ishak's family, but confirmed he will not be stepping down from his £185,000-per-year role

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Landlord of boy, 2, who died from mouldy home investigated over cases of damp

Awaab Ishak, who lived in a Rochdale Boroughwide Housing property, died from prolonged exposure to mould, which led to fatal breathing difficulties. An inquest heard the toddler had fungus spores in his lungs

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Mum pregnant with sixth child given 24 hours to live after being told she had leukaemia

Carrie Dodds-Hallan was told by doctors that she might only survive one more day when she was diagnosed.

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Boy, 2, died due to black mould in flat 'unfit for humans', inquest finds

Awaab Ishak celebrated his second birthday just a week before died from a respiratory condition in December 2020.

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Boy, 2, died due to black mould in home from hell that was 'unfit for humans'

Awaab Ishak died from a respiratory condition caused by mould in December 2020, despite his parents' repeated pleas to housing staff to improve their living conditions

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Parents who have videos of beloved son, 24, being shot dead by police slam officers

Luke Gilbert's parents claim police in Australia used 'excessive force' as they shot their son dead

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'We can't even flush the toilet': Hundreds descend on 'manic' bottled water stations after huge outage

Scores of residents in some parts of Stockport have been left without water since 6pm on Friday night

Wales Online

Teenager says bomb hoax was 'a suicide attempt, not an act of terror'

18-year-old Husnain Masood also chased a police officer armed with a knife wearing all black and a balaclava

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Bomb squad scrambled following 17-year-old's terrifying hoax - police feared they'd be killed

Husnain Masood was sentenced to 14 months

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Britannia voted UK's worst hotel chain for tenth year in a row - see list in full

The UK's best and worst hotels have been revealed and Britannia hotels have made history by being crowned the worst for the 10th year in a row in the Which? rankings

Manchester Evening News

Family of Yousef Makki still facing agonising wait three years after teen's fatal stabbing

Senior coroner Alison Mutch said she could not return a conclusion of 'unlawful killing' at inquest after Yousef was fatally stabbed through the heart by his friend Joshua Molnar

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Man flees 'in only boxer shorts' from masked gun gang who open fire in his home

Police in Salford, Greater Manchester, say no one was hurt and no arrests have been made despite the terrifying shooting at the block of flats

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Police officers cleared of blame for crash that killed boy, 16

Kyle Hudson died following the crash in Bramhall

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Hundreds of customers queue for hours for last fish supper before beloved chippy closes

Kong's Fish and Chips in Flixton, Manchester is preparing to close its doors after 30 years and some customers spent more than two hours queueing on Friday to get a final meal

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Toddler died after being exposed to damp and mould in his home

Awaab Ishak tragically died shortly after his second birthday in his home on the Freehold estate in Rochdale, rampant with damp and mould, conditions which also blight properties housing several other families

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Teen girl's dreams dashed by mysterious symptoms that meant she couldn't get out of bed

Kiera Mitchell visited doctors who prescribed her headache tablets after suffering a number of strange symptoms including double vision, sensitivity to sunlight and excruciating migraines

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