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West London residents hit out as block of flats used as toilet and fly-tipping hotspot

The block is managed by Home Group, a prominent housing association and social enterprise

Evening Standard

South London residents accuse council of 'fly-tipping' after uncollected rubbish torn apart by foxes

Locals are in a long-standing dispute with Lewisham Council over rubbish regularly not being collected

Evening Standard

West London residents dub their estate 'rat city' over infestation

Burrows measuring up to eight inches have been spotted on the grounds of Guinness Trust Buildings in Chelsea

Evening Standard

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'It’s disgusting around here': The west London neighbourhood plagued by fly-tipping

An area close to Heathrow Airport has become a fly-tipping hotspot

Evening Standard

My mum suddenly died of cancer – now the council want to kick me out of our family home

Kyle Rolfe, 25, says Ealing Council is asking him to leave his Hanwell flat because of the UK’s succession rules

Evening Standard

Family living in mouldy west London home 'told by landlord to refuse repairs and appear homeless to be rehoused'

Resident Ali Hersi said: “It feels like the landlord abused us”

Evening Standard

North London mum went five months without hot water in 'horrible' room provided by council

Candy Cole was moved into the single room in Queen’s Park due to the ‘appalling’ state of her housing association property

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Hundreds of residents urge London council to rethink construction of ‘swamp ponds’

Ealing residents say ponds are a ‘biohazard’

Evening Standard

'London's oldest weightlifting club' allowed to stay at venue for three more months

‘I think if Tower Hamlets Council decide to completely shut this place down, they’re potentially denying a Paralympian another shot at the games’ - a Paralympic athlete explained

Evening Standard

Family's 'nightmare' as they are blocked from installing a lift for disabled daughter - in property they own

Despite agreement from Brent Council - the freeholder of building is blocking ‘life-changing’ help due to worries about property price

Evening Standard

'I have to relive seeing my close friend stabbed to death every time I leave my home'

Raish Ahmed, 50, was fatally attacked in Custom House, Newham in early October

Evening Standard

138-year-old boxing club in east London that trains people for free faces closure over massive rent increase

Broad Street Amateur Boxing Club in Shadwell is the sole surviving club set up by a charity to help young people

Evening Standard

Rough sleepers living in shadows of London’s Square Mile face abuse ‘just for being homeless’

Rough sleepers have flooded Castle Baynard Street with tents and makeshift kitchens in an image that could ripped straight from a Dickens novel

Evening Standard

Mother left with huge hole in her ceiling in south London home for two years

Sacha Berko alerted Lambeth Council to the problem in her and autistic son’s home but over two years later is still waiting for it to be repaired

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Inside 'dumping ground' Travelodge that is home to some of London's most vulnerable

Some people are placed in the hotel for months at a time but regularly have to change rooms, causing further instability

Daily Mirror

'I thought I'd pulled a muscle at friend's 21st birthday party - now my legs won't move'

Daisy Vass had been at a friend’s 21st birthday party celebrating when she began feeling a tightness around her chest, but she thought nothing of it - not realising she'd had a rare type of stroke

Daily Mirror

Family forced to sleep in single room on blow-up beds as mould and rats destroy home

The Ali family has spent years trying to get the mould and rodent issue in their Plaistow, East London, home sorted but say the problem is now so bad they are living in one room

Daily Mirror

'I've found three bodies and an array of items in my years of mudlarking on river'

Mudlarking expert Jason Sandy has found a Roman hairpin, medieval 'knuckle duster', and three dead bodies in his 10 years of mudlarking on the River Thames

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'Terrified' mum fears one of her kids could die as mould in home 'spreads like wildfire'

Tanika Alveranga says her two-bedroom home in Brent, London, is plagued by black mould and fears the issue could harm the health of her three children, including a newborn baby

Daily Mirror

Boy, 12, misses 7 months of school because of council error that left him without a place

James Yalçın, from East London, has missed the past academic year of classroom learning after an error at Waltham Forest Council over his special educational needs

Daily Mirror

'Cruel' passer-by throws bottle of ketchup over homeless woman's bed

The shocking scene happened in Hornchurch, London, and stoked fury in the local residents, with some calling the guilty party "cruel" while others offered to replace the woman's bedding

Wales Online

Dancer wakes up with no arms or legs after being bitten by mosquito on holiday

South London woman speaks openly about the dance group holiday in 2022 that changed her life forever

Daily Record

Woman put into a coma after suffering mosquito bite woke up with no arms or legs

Tatiana Timon could never had imagined that a tiny mosquito bite would leave her in coma and without limbs.

Daily Mirror

'I was bitten by a mosquito on holiday - when I woke up I had no arms or legs'

The memories are hazy, and Tatiana Timon can only recall snapshots - like being wheeled into an operating theatre and seeing a "big saw" before the operation to remove her lower legs

Daily Mirror

Pregnant mum fears mouldy home has put son in hospital three times with breathing issues

London mum-of-two Nikki Lazarou has asked whether one of her children needs to die before appropriate action is taken at her mouldy house

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