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Family forced to leave home after making grim discovery in New Year nightmare | UK | News

Family forced to leave home after making grim discovery in New Year nightmare | UK | News

Stacey Williams, 34, and her husband and daughters were moved into a council house in Blackwood, South Wales, earlier this year after spending months in temporary accommodation. Thrilled to be in their new home, Stacey and her husband unpacked their belongings and went to bed – before waking up just two hours later, covered in bedbugs. Terrified, the couple contacted the Caerphilly County Borough Council first thing the next morning, and were moved to a hostel for a week, before the council found them an alternative property. […]

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Welland family turns to food banks, churches to make ends meet

Welland family turns to food banks, churches to make ends meet

Christopher Dean had a decent job working as a security guard, a nice two-bedroom apartment, and what he described as a good life until he was 34 years old. An injury to his spine changed all that. “I have spinal problems going from my neck to my tailbone, so I haven’t been able to work for the last five to six years or so,” the Welland resident said. Now, he lives in a single-bedroom apartment with his partner, Amanda Gibbard, and their 16-year-old son. Both are unable […]

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