All news on the topic: Homelessness

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USA legend Hope Solo opens up on finding solace in the Homeless World Cup
The former USWNT goalkeeper has become a Homeless World Cup champion and is bidding to put an end to one of the world's widest-reaching human issues as a legacy to her late father
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Christmas hero travels hours across UK to deliver surprise present to 8-year-old
Incredible 40-year-old Shane Yerrell travelled across the UK to ]bring presents for 8-year-old Marcel and his mother, Sarah, who became homeless after they were evicted from their rented flat
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Student stuck living out of car at university as family row leaves her homeless
University student Jasmine, whose name has been changed, was forced to live in her car parked in Newcastle city centre despite working part-time while studying for her university exams
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'Vulnerable' man given two hours notice before being made homeless for Christmas
Joseph Broadbent claims he was given only two hours' notice to leave Russell House in Newark-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire after breaching the rules of his accommodation
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Royals 'should've tried harder' to stop Meghan and Harry exit, says BBC expert
It was always likely that Prince Harry would leave the Royal Family, but more should have been done to try and find a solution, says BBC royal correspondent Nicholas Witchell
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Good Samaritans help man spending Christmas in car park after fire wrecked home
A man made homeless by a fire then stranded in a car park has found Christmas cheer in a small Scottish village with locals rallying round to help him and his three dogs
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Homeless at Christmas - people beaten, robbed and have belongings set on fire
A survey by the charity Crisis has found that a shocking nine out of 10 homeless people have endured physical or verbal abuse
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'Surge in homelessness is down to failings of Tories who lack compassion'
The Voice of the Mirror says the Government has failed to build enough homes and has cut services to the bone
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Almost half of teachers work with children who have experienced homelessness
Charity Shelter said teachers are witnessing the 'horrors of homelessness' with school children missing days in the classroom due to bad housing or homelessness
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Iceland volcano sees residents given hours to evacuate before Christmas
The 4,000 inhabitants left homeless after the fissure split open have been told they may return again to the town between 7am and 4pm
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Homeless granddad to spend Christmas in hotel after kind stranger's support
Good Samaritan Isabel Ainsworth-Smith, 22, befriended the homeless grandfather, identified only as Matt, and launched an online appeal to help raise the funds to check him into a hotel
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Tetchy Rishi Sunak asked if he lies awake at night thinking about the poor
Appearing before the Commons Liaison Committee, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was asked if lies awake at night thinking about the gulf between the rich and poor in Britain
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Hundreds raised for homeless boy, 8, who asked 'how will Santa find me'
Eight-year-old Marcel and mum Sarah were evicted from their home prompting the youngster with learning difficulties to worry Father Christmas wouldn't be visiting this year
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Man spends two weeks living in lawless off-grid desert community Slab City
A content creator known as Ranger Rick visited the notorious, off-grid civilization of Slab City, a place rumoured to be filled with dangerous felons with no police in sight
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Lotto lout who blew staggering £10m lottery win - but has no regrets
Michael Carroll won big on the lottery and once ­bragged that he had slept with 4,000 women, but eventually the cash ran out and he had to go back to his old job as a bin man
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Inside Steve Halliwell's troubled rise to fame - homelessness to Emmerdale icon
As Emmerdale's Zak Dingle, Steve Halliwell brought us one of the greatest soap legends of all time, but his road to stardom was far from easy, as the actor lived on the streets before finding success
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'Broken Britain' of lost services revealed - how does your area fare?
Four years after the Conservative Party promised to "level up" Britain's forgotten communities, the New Britain Project's Broken Britain Index paints a stark picture of deepening regional inequalities
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England's Christmas homelessness crisis mapped – how does your area compare
Around 309,000 people will spend Christmas without a home, including almost 140,000 children, according to national housing charity Shelter - a stark increase of 14% - or 38,100 people - in one year
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At least 300,000 people will spend Christmas homeless, damning figures show
The charity Shelter's research shows homelessness in England has grown rapidly in the past year with over 3,000 people sleeping rough on any given night and 279,400 in temporary accommodation
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Prince William dons kitchen apron while serving food for homeless people
This week, Prince William joined a Christmas party arranged by The Passage and helped volunteers make food during the day. He is patron of the homelessness charity
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Family evicted and made homeless as son, 8, asks 'how will Santa find me'
Eight-year-old Marcel asked his mum if Father Christmas would be able to find them after their landlord evicted them from their flat in Cardiff, as Wales faces a hidden homeless 'health crisis'
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Homeless man soaked outside McDonald's will be 'on the streets for Christmas'
Aaron McCarthy was soaked with water from a mop bucket by a callous security guard whilst minding his business near a McDonald's branch on Victoria Street, London
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Babies attacked by cockroaches in filthy B&Bs that thousands of kids call home
In Birmingham alone, there are more than 4,000 families who have nowhere permanent to call home, including 8,560 children - 1,420 of them forced to live in B&Bs and hotel rooms
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Homeless man 'disgusted' as McDonald's security soaks him in water and 'bleach'
Aaron McCarthy and his belongings were soaked when a McDonald's security guard began mopping the area where he had been sitting outside a bank - the fast food giant have since apologised
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Homeless man dies in Burger King doorway days after making tragic comment
Richard O'Brien, a 56-year-old sleeping rough on the streets of Cardiff, Wales, often bedded down outside the entrance of Burger King, which was where he was tragically found dead on November 27