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Migrants have pushed a British city to breaking point as soaring demand piles pressure on its housing system.

Andy Burnham has said government money alone is not enough to get rough sleepers off the street and has issued a “rallying call” to help homeless communities find accommodation before Christmas.

Rough sleeping will be decriminalised next week as the Government scraps a 200-year-old law.

The district has been dominated by sprawling tent encampments and brazen open-air drug dealing - with desperate addicts openly injecting and taking drugs in broad daylight.

Scotland’s commissioner for children and young people has called on the government to take urgent action to end the use of unsuitable temporary accommodation for children.

A new law being introduced to parliament today aims to close a loophole that has forced domestic abuse victims living in social housing to either stay in harm’s way or risk homelessness.

So, now we know Prince William is as good as his word. Last year, in a wide-ranging interview with actor Eugene Levy, he explained how things would be different when he succeeds his father.

An Afghan war hero has been left with severe brain injuries after he was reportedly attacked while working as a security guard.

In a quiet park behind the local library, a young woman returns to a burnt-out tent and the sofa she now sleeps on — homeless due to a crippling addiction to the horse tranquilizer drug ketamine.

Havering Council has agreed to pay more than £7,000 to a homeless mother after her family was left to live in unsafe housing.

This is the initial image of a Ukrainian refugee who was fatally stabbed at a train station in the US.

Despite Ukraine dominating headlines, Trump still found time to declare himself a King, challenge a court ruling that would prevent him from having his way, and threaten to strip Washington DC of its autonomy.

Activists from WalkFree, an international human rights group that aims to end modern slavery, estimate that roughly 1.9 million people in Russia are being kept in some form of bondage.

Led by King’s College London, study will recruit 360 people in England and Wales to explore benefits of scheme

A man has been jailed for life after pushing a complete stranger onto the live tracks of the London Underground.

Campaign group says 319 households accepted tenancy offers outside capital in 2023, with many ‘under threat of being made destitute’

The Criminal Justice Bill would allow cops to move on, fine or lock up "nuisance" rough sleepers

Riley Strain was last seen a week ago with his Missouri University friends after being asked to leave Luke Bryan's bar in Nashville during their spring formal. Here’s all we know so far

The Conservatives promised to end no-fault evictions in the 2019 manifesto - preventing landlords from kicking out tenants without good reason - but the ban has been repeatedly delayed

Stress damages almost every organ in the body, especially those closely connected to each other, like our immune, nervous and hormone systems, researchers have found

An office worker told police that Jessica Woods, mother of an 18-month-old girl, tried to sell her the baby for $500 on a street outside an H&R Block store in Palatka, Florida

The Repair Shop star Jay Blades has opened up about the lowest moment in his life, revealing that he was nearly sectioned by medics after the failures of his marriage and business

More than 100,000 households, including more than 140,000 children, are living in temporary accommodation due to a dire shortage of social housing across the country

The New Economics Foundation (NEF) found that Sadiq Khan's plan to let councils buy homes and turn them into affordable housing could save taxpayers a massive £2.2billion

Mollie King set off from London on a five-day challenge, pedalling 100km a day to reach Hull - but she said her fiancé was in shock as she has never cycled on the road before