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Hackney Wick parents raise safety fears after 'very pungent' smell detected near school

A chemical smell has been detected at a construction site on Wallis Road

Evening Standard

West Lothian dog groomer allowed to keep garden cabin after neighbour support

Neighbours rallied to support a Blackridge woman who runs a dog grooming business. Councillors recognised that and granted planning permission to maintain the cabin based business in her garden

Edinburgh Live

Sushi restaurant called 'threat to public safety' after diner rushed to hospital

Health inspectors found rodent droppings and raw meat left in open containers on the floor at the Sushi One restaurant in Chelmsford, Essex, which was forced to shut down

Daily Mirror

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West Belfast sewage works approved despite smell and noise concerns

NI Water moves to "assure the public that NI Water has no plans to recommission the wastewater treatment works (WwTW) within the site at Upper Falls beside Kennedy Way"

Belfast Live

Plans to replace distillery with industrial units approved

The brewery closed down after the company moved its operations to Chorley

Liverpool Echo

UK street dubbed 'Sahara' with 'horrendous' dust clouds that make you 'itch all over'

Residents in Oldham say they can't hang their washing out or sit in their gardens because of the thick dust clouds that plague them daily - with some getting mysterious rashes as well

Daily Mirror

'I've not been able to go into my garden for years': Entire Greater Manchester street plagued by 'horrendous nightmare'

Residents of Oak Street, Shaw, say they have been left with mysterious rashes

Manchester Evening News

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Industrial estate revamp approved despite air quality fears

Plans were submitted earlier this year

Liverpool Echo

Maggots pour from school canteen ceiling onto kids' lunch as headteacher issues apology

Pupils at the Winston Churchill School in Woking, Surrey were warned on Tuesday that the school’s canteen would be closed and they would need to bring food from home

Daily Mirror

New-build nightmare as 'swamp garden' attached to house blamed on four-year-old and his dogs

Ellis Reid says her four-year-old son and two pet dogs have been blamed for the bog that has replaced her back garden, just seven months after they moved in to their new family home.

Glasgow Live

Young Scottish family gutted as dream new build home turns into a 'swamp'

Mum Ellis Reid, 31, and partner Douglas Horn, 42, watched on helplessly as the back of their new-build social house became nothing short of a swamp.

Edinburgh Live

Grandad says he's 'trapped' in 'stinky' rat infested home that he won't let family visit

Couple Tom and Sue Goulding have told how they feel "trapped" in their Liverpool home due to a major rat infestation and won't allow anyone over, including their young grandchildren

Daily Mirror

Family's new build home nightmare as flooded garden turns into 'SWAMP'

Mum Ellis Reid says that the back garden is so badly flooded that it has 'its own eco-system', adding that she wouldn't be surprised if tadpoles soon moved into the property's unsightly pond

Daily Mirror

Family's newbuild nightmare as garden swamp 'blamed' on child and dogs

The couple have been bogged down with issues with algae growing in their water logged garden

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Liverpool Echo

Man 'trapped' in rat infested house that 'stinks so much he won't let people visit'

Tom Goulding said he feels trapped in his own home

Belfast Live

West Belfast family 'homeless' as landlord sells property 'after mould complaint'

The family of six say the property is being sold following complaints about mould

Belfast Live

Shaftesbury Square gaming arcade to expand despite council concerns

A councillor and civil servant have raised issues of amusement arcade "clustering"

Daily Mirror

Woman’s 'soul destroying' five-year-long nightmare to rid her home of rats and flies

Debra Burnett has lived in a house in the HU8 area of Hull for more than ten years, the last five of which she claims she has been cohabitating with rats and insects

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Daily Record

Wood burning stove complaints discussed at Perth and Kinross Council meeting

Perth and Kinross Council often receives complaints about smoke from stoves which have been poorly fitted, maintained or operated

Wales Online

Takeaway owner hit with £2.5k fine for grim conditions including grease encrusted equipment

'It is unacceptable for a business to allow standards to fall and potentially put people’s health at risk'

Daily Record

Dawn Homes to appeal against smelly Ayrshire farm ruling as house plans are refused

Councillors refused an application for 39 homes at Crosshouse over issues with 'unrepresentative' assessment of noise and smell from neighbouring farm.

Glasgow Live

Glasgow venue ordered to close after mouse infestation uncovered during inspection

Cottiers told customers they were closed for 'refurbishment' after environmental health officers told the venue on Hyndland Road to shut after a mouse infestation was uncovered.

Liverpool Echo

Council's crackdown on fly-tipping as worst streets revealed

We asked what the top 10 streets were for fly-tipping in 2022 and how many reports are made yearly

Wales Online

Mum paying thousands of pounds for flat that is so mouldy her son 'struggles to breathe'

Aisha Hussain says thick black mould has formed in the living room and bedroom walls in the flat she shares with her three children

Daily Mirror

Fly-infested flat gave woman 'nightmares' and left her sleeping in tent away from home

Katie Wilson was left feeling "panicked" and "distressed" after finding a blanket of flies in each room of her home, and says that the infestation is so bad she can no longer live in the property

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