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Public invited to shape Stourport's town centre's future

3+ hour, 3+ min ago  (313+ words) Residents are being invited to help shape new redevelopment plans for a key town centre site in Stourport-on-Severn. Wyre Forest District Council launched a public consultation on proposals for 8 Bridge Street, a plot most recently used as a temporary car…...

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We do the jobs no-one else will, says Cambridgeshire handyman

3+ hour, 5+ min ago  (591+ words) A handyperson from a service that has lost county council funding said the team did jobs for elderly and disabled people that no-one else would. Handyperson Services is delivered by Age UK Cambridgeshire and Peterborough and helps about 2,000 households a…...

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Homes plan for derelict Camelot theme park 'would cause gridlock"

10+ hour, 25+ min ago  (404+ words) There will be "absolute chaos" on the roads if plans to build 350 homes on the site of the abandoned Camelot Theme Park in Lancashire are given the go-ahead, a councillor has said. Story Homes wants to build 350 houses on the…...

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Liverpool's £90m plan to house city's homeless

15+ hour, 7+ min ago  (595+ words) The cost of housing homeless people in Liverpool could be as much as "90m in the next few years. Liverpool City Council said it had seen demand for temporary accommodation rise in recent years, in part due to cost-of-living pressures and…...

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New flats in Cornwall for young people a 'drop in the ocean"

17+ hour, 56+ min ago  (286+ words) The creation of four new flats to house young people in Cornwall is only a "slight drop in the ocean" of what is needed, a charity boss has said. YMCA Cornwall raised "260,000 in nine months for its appeal to build…...

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Rejected Wolverhampton HMO may proceed despite crime fears

1+ day, 22+ hour ago  (551+ words) A plan to convert a home into a "cramped' HMO which was turned down over fears it would bring more crime, could now be given the green light. City of Wolverhampton Council rejected plans to convert the home in Woden…...

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'Mould means we have to redecorate every couple of months'

2+ day, 22+ hour ago  (675+ words) A family who have been living in a mouldy home for years say they have been "completely let down" by their landlord. Dylan Cullen, who lives in Stockport, Greater Manchester, said his home was "riddled" with damp and mould, which…...

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Sheffield family 'left homeless' after their builder went bust

3+ day, 57+ min ago  (935+ words) A woman has called for better support to protect customers if the builders working on their home go bust, after her family was unable to return to their house because of unfinished construction work. Naomi Nygaard and her family stayed…...

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Damp in Bristol council flat leaves children 'smelling like mould'

3+ day, 3+ hour ago  (626+ words) A mother says she is worried for her children's health as damp conditions inside their home have left her daughters smelling of mould. Jessica said her council flat in Bristol was "physically wet" due to damp, which made it seem…...

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Plans to turn former Burstalls Solicitors into flats in Hull

3+ day, 15+ hour ago  (248+ words) Plans have been submitted to turn a Grade II listed former solicitors' office into apartments. If the plans are approved, the former Burstalls Solicitors on Lowgate, in Hull's Old Town, would be converted into 17 apartments. The building has been vacant…...