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There are 320,000 homeless people living in Britain
New statistics have revealed there are 320,000 people recorded as homeless in Britain, despite official government figures claiming as many as 33 councils have zero rough sleepers. The shocking analysis from housing charity Shelter suggest one in 200 people in Britain are now homeless – and the numbers keep on rising. The figures are four per cent, or 13,000 people, up on last year’s figures and equate to 36 new people becoming homeless every day. London has the highest rate...
Shameless thief who stole life-saving equipment from a fire engine is jailed
Lowlife Matthew Pinfield, 26, targeted the emergency vehicle which was parked up at a primary school as fire crews gave an educational talk to pupils.
Police left stunned after pulling over this car
Traffic cops stopped the idiotic motorist on a street in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffs., on Wednesday night.
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra play concert using goods from the lost and found office at St Pancras
Members of the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra struck a chord with commuters - by playing a piece of music using items left behind on trains, including a surfboard, a bicycle pump and a car tyre. The orchestra launched into 'An Ode To My Former Owner' using goods from the lost and found office. They wrote the brief piece of music, ensuring it consisted of 11,304 notes - the number of items lost each year on East Midlands Trains. Malcolm Wilson,...
Police officer appeared to be in very high spirits when photographed with bags of weed
Surrey Police posted a picture of the overly-happy officer on Facebook holding up three bags of cannabis plants which were bagged up for testing on Friday.
Woman was attacked & bitten by a pack of savage sausage dogs
Despite being on a lead, the three tiny terrors went for the woman, and one even managed to take a chunk out of her calf.
Council announces hilarious names for new road sweepers
After a host of 'clean' suggestions, Oldham Council decided on "Bruce Springclean" and "Dustin Timberlake".
Midwife stunned to find she is now teaching student nurse she delivered as a baby
Tracy Jones delivered Georgina Peate who is now training alongside her as a student midwife at Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust
Sunderland, Barnsley and Barking among areas with “zero rough sleepers” according to government’s shaky data
Sunderland, Barnsley, Barking and Dagenham were among the 33 councils with zero rough sleepers in 2017, according to a HuffPost UK investigation into shaky "official" government data. Charnwood, Braintree, Knowsley, Redcar and Eastleigh were also named in the government's statistics that rely on data from just one night of the year in autumn to inform policy. The investigation revealed that politicians use "snapshot" rough sleeper counts to provide data on the nationwide levels of homelessness, despite being unreliable. Last year’s figures show...