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Mum and son, 5, forced to sleep on sofa in flat riddled with black mould
Klaudia Giedo and son Alex have been reduced to sleeping on the sofa after mould engulfed their two-bed flat
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Mum says rats 'took sweets and biscuits from jars' as they run riot in home
Colette Frederickson, from Knowsley in Merseyside, has told how rats have become a major problem in the area and they have been in the cupboards of rooms looking for food
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Dad threatened with 'aggressive' note on his van as vicious parking row erupts
The dad was left concerned by the threatening note which warned him to move his work van from its parking spot - but he insists he didn't block any other motors
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UK town compared to war zone as police seize swords and fireworks thrown at cars
This month a national survey of 100,000 people labelled Kent's Chatham as the 39th worst town in England - but many of the town's residents are now pushing back
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Woman 'devastated' after selling house to live in a boat - and then vessel sinks
The France Hayhurst in Liverpool's Canning Dock has been owner Cathy Roberts' home for nearly two decades, with the boater left devastated after she sank
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Sadiq Khan and Andy Burnham demand private rent freezes to support millions
The London and Manchester mayors have joined Green Party leaders and union bosses including Mick Lynch in calling for Michael Gove to bring in a Scotland-style freeze on rents
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Gran facing gruelling cancer fight told by doctors mouldy home 'could kill her'
Christina Anderson was diagnosed with lung cancer in December and is currently sofa surfing due to her home in Glenburn, Scotland, being riddled with damp and mould
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Home Bargains shopper who spent £317 vows not to return after £100 parking fine
Andrew Bradley and wife Amey racked up a big bill at the budget store in Stanley, County Durham, as they stocked up and bought Christmas presents on December 21.
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Rich family at war with aristocrat in eviction row over 20 animal pets and mould
Landlords the Cators claimed their 54-year-old aristocratic tenant breached her contract, with accusations ranging from painting the walls the wrong colour to subletting through AirBnB
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Couple £44,000 out of pocket after garden work leaves house foundations showing
Despite being charged huge sums, the couple said their house in Kent has been left in a worse state than it was when the work started, with the foundations of their house showing
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Mum says son left with sores over body after living in 'damp and mouldy home'
Catherine Odigie says she and her three children have been suffering in their mouldy and damp council house. Ms Odigie claims the problems are so bad, it has left her son "disfigured" with rashes all over his body
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Mum devastated as developer 'keeps her deposit' and pulls out of house sale
Mum Julie Nicol was devastated when her lawyer told her developer Kingston Residential had withdrawn from the sale of the three-bedroom house she was due to move into
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Inside fire-torn abandoned Victorian mansion whose owners fled during Covid
The grand Victorian mansion and former wedding venue has now been left abandoned, strewn with graffiti and damaged by fire after closing during the Covid pandemic
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Angry driver fined £50 for using ticket machine nearest his parking space
Peter Elson, from Edingale, paid at the wrong ticket machine after assuming the nearest ticket machine to his car was the one he should use.
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UK estate where youths 'think they run the place' and people afraid at night
Residents living in Orchard Park in Hull, Yorkshire, have complained about antisocial behaviour on the estate - shops being raided, people being assaulted and taxi drivers afraid to drive through
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Criminal kingpin's looted French chateau goes on the market for £578,000
The 126-acre estate, which belonged to John 'Goldfinger' Palmer, has been turned over by looters searching for hidden ingots. The Normandy property is currently on the market for €650,000, or £578,000
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Parking wars blight lives of furious residents on new build estate
Matthew Brown and Gemma Hunt live in new build homes in New Waltham, North East Lincolnshire and both say it's been a nightmare
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House hunters horrified as agent posts image appearing to show a body in bed
The ground floor apartment in Widnes, Cheshire, looks as if an elderly person has lived there as a wheelchair lies next to one of the beds
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Monster 7ft mountain of junk abandoned in street plagued by rubbish and rats
Homeowners on Sladefield Road, in Ward End, Birmingham, say their lives are made 'hell' by the festering piles of trash left along their residential street
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Pub dubbed 'longest Homes Under Hammer project ever' is set to reopen
The Old Cottage Pub in Margate, Kent, was built in 1650 and in use until 2007 before being snapped up on Homes Under the Hammer, and put back together over the next 14 years
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Last man living alone on UK's 'loneliest street' refuses to move out
Nick Wisniewski became the only man living on Stanhope Place in Wishaw, North Lanarkshire - 'dubbed the UK's loneliest street' - after the last remaining residents moved out more than a year ago
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Mum creates extra bedroom in her three-bed house - and it cost her just £140
Mum Amy Harty, 35, has been showered with praise after showing how she created a fourth bedroom in her Essex home to give her family more space during lockdown
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Boy hit by dead rat when leaky ceiling collapses after mum 'told to use bucket'
Hayden Kiley, 14, had a dead rat land on him as he was hit by debris from the collapsing ceiling. The teen was also hit by an old fan heater which came through
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Man's nightmare as parked cars surround his home - and there's nothing he can do
Adam Shaw says motorists have been leaving their cars outside his house and have even crashed into his wall and guttering, with his calls for further restrictions ignored, he claims
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Man wins £300,000 court fight after Japanese knotweed invades garden
Marc Davies sued Bridgend County Borough Council in Wales after the invasive weed spread from its land into the garden of his house. He was awarded just under £5,000 and £300,000 in lawyers' bills
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