All news by author: Joe Coughlan

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Dad stuck in flat with no heating for 3 years as baby 'freezes' every night
Steve Armstrong, 31, said his North Greenwich flat has been without heating for over three years and he fears for the health of his two children, ages six and eight months
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Mum fears losing her six kids as she's placed in homes with 'rats and sewage'
Kathleen Chambers, 38, claims she has been waiting over a year to be offered a property that's suitable for her and her six children, after being placed in rat-infested and sewage-leaking homes
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Council orders two tower blocks to be knocked down as they're 'mutant'
Greenwich council in London has ordered two "eyesore" tower blocks containing 204 flats to be demolished in a row over planning permission as it says they are "substantially different" to what was approved
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Angry dad's 'life ruined' by next door neighbour's constant building works
Gavin Simpson has claimed his life has been 'ruined' since Tory councillor Adam Grant moved in next door and began, what he described as, nonstop work on his house
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Mum in gas explosion that killed girl, 4, trapped under rubble for five hours
Elaine McDonald has spoken about the impacts of that fateful day on her life eleven months on from the tragedy on Galpin's Road, south London, that claimed the life of four-year-old Sahara Salman
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Council sends 'enforcers' to seize plant pots from residents' gardens on estate
Residents of a estate in London say they have been left frightened after Greenwich Council sent men to remove 'fire risk' potted plants decorating the front of their flats
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Frustrated man's last resort response to get pothole-ridden street fixed
Tim Webb, 66, of, Bromley, south London, said for the past four months, he has been reporting potholes to FixMyStreet which is a site used to flag road defects to local authorities - before resorting to rubber ducks