By Robert Firth, Local Democracy Reporter Homeless families are spending up to a decade living in hostels – costing councils millions of pounds in the process. One Lewisham family spent more than... Read more »
St Michael’s Gate in Parnwell has begun to provide emergency housing once again but this time to families outside of Peterborough. The city council has confirmed that it has received notification of... Read more »
The cousin of a woman killed in a savage murder is hoping to bring together the families of people who have died in tragic circumstances for a memorial event. The Table of Love and Loss is being organised... Read more »
FAMILIES with kids have been evacuated after a house roof collapsed in terrifying scenes on a street in North London. Firefighters rescued seven people this morning after the incident at a Walthamstow... Read more »
The grieving families of Chris Kaba and Oladeji Omishore joined the United Friends and Families Campaign (UFFC) march on Saturday afternoon, their presence swelling the numbers of London’s most solemn annual protest.... Read more »
*** FREE FOR EDITORIAL USE *** Founder of The Community Food Hub, Michelle Dornally, and seasoned activist Sean Binder join Hackney’s local community laying down 730 empty dinner plates in Victoria Park,... Read more »
Last winter Ayaat, four, was “severely ill, coughing all night”, as damp afflicted her family’s temporary council home in Dagenham, east London. As mould spread, her sisters, Ayesha, six, and Anisa, seven,... Read more »
It is a tale of two schools. In north London, Clerkenwell Parochial School — a 300-year-old primary where Charles Dickens once read his work to children for a penny — was forced... Read more »
The west London hotel where Fawzia Amini, a senior Afghan judge, her husband and their four daughters have lived for the last nine months has comfortable sofas in the foyer, a restaurant... Read more »
Is your garden furniture a fire hazard? Heatwave woe for families as housing association tells tenants that garden seating could be dangerous… and even pools and parasols now need special permission The... Read more »
