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Joanne Smith suffers from asthma, COPD, anxiety and depression and told the council she wants to be rehoused after her property has flooded multiple times over the years

Ken May has called the Gateshead building home since 1955 but has been locked in a long-running battle with the council over the state of the house and had been facing eviction tomorrow

Ken May, who has lived in the Gateshead property since 1955, says he could be kicked out as early as next week amid a long-standing dispute with his local council

Karen Pringle says she is "sick and tired" of living in her damp and mouldy home in Ryton, after being forced to paint the bathroom 19 times in six years, urging Gateshead Council to help her

A tree surgeon and an inspector visited the property but found the tree does not pose a hazard and ruled that work to chop it back would not be carried out, leaving the couple 'very frustrated'