Inside Housing – News – London landlord pays out more than £3,000 in compensation over repair failures

Inside Housing – News – London landlord pays out more than £3,000 in compensation over repair failures

One Housing has been forced to apologise and pay £3,375 in compensation after a distressed resident with young children had to wait more than two years for repairs. One of the landlord’s... Read more »
Tragic fall: Inquest reveals housing authority failures led to woman’s death

Tragic fall: Inquest reveals housing authority failures led to woman’s death

AN INQUEST into the death of a 39-year-old woman who fell from the balcony of her third-floor  flat in west London after an epileptic seizure, has found that the failure of the... Read more »
NHS trust failures contributed to suicide of girl, 12, London inquest told | London

NHS trust failures contributed to suicide of girl, 12, London inquest told | London

A series of failures by a mental health trust contributed to a 12-year-old girl taking her own life, a leading child psychiatrist has told an inquest. Allison Aules from Redbridge in north-east... Read more »
Tragic deaths that exposed East London mental health failures

Tragic deaths that exposed East London mental health failures

The mysterious death of a psychiatric patient sparked an investigation into east London’s mental health services.  Throughout 2022, our Investigations Unit reported on a series of failures by NHS trusts.  They were often... Read more »
Mass crop failures expected in England as farmers demand hosepipe bans | Drought

Mass crop failures expected in England as farmers demand hosepipe bans | Drought

Experts have warned of widespread crop failures across England, as charities and farmers criticised water companies for dithering over hosepipe bans despite drought being declared across much of the country. On Friday,... Read more »
Dead woman’s body rotted in east London home for six weeks after ‘appalling’ failures, family say

Dead woman’s body rotted in east London home for six weeks after ‘appalling’ failures, family say

Dead woman’s body rotted in her east London home for six weeks after ‘appalling’ failures by health workers who did not notice that she had not turned up for appointments, her family... Read more »
Heathrow live: Updates as British Airways IT failures cause huge delays with passengers waiting on planes for ‘almost 2 hours’

Heathrow live: Updates as British Airways IT failures cause huge delays with passengers waiting on planes for ‘almost 2 hours’

A number of passengers at Heathrow Airport have reported huge delays after a British Airways IT failure. Passengers took to social media to vent their frustrations after the British Airways IT systems... Read more »
Mum wins £1.2k after London council failures forced son to miss school

Mum wins £1.2k after London council failures forced son to miss school

A mum has won £1,250 after a South London council’s failures caused her son to miss out on a proper education for nine months. The boy, who has special educational needs, missed... Read more »
Extinction Rebellion rally over Lambeth council failures on climate crisis – South London News

Extinction Rebellion rally over Lambeth council failures on climate crisis – South London News

Campaigners held a rally to remind town hall leaders of their commitment to protect and improve the lives of residents and workers by acting on the climate emergency. Extinction Rebellion Lambeth and... Read more »
Victoria platform train

Train operator Go-Ahead admits to ‘serious errors and failures’ as shares suspended

Thursday 09 December 2021 4:02 pm A Southeastern train at Victoria Platform. Network operator Go-Ahead hid £25m in taxpayer funding from the Treasury. Train operator Go-Ahead Group has seen the trading of... Read more »