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Sour goes the last of the summer wine
Undeterred by his experience of racist abuse in the heart of Brontë land, a Leicester academic has joined a study to explore racism in rural England
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Mark Cantrell
All working class writers want is a chance to shine
A pioneering programme co-founded by actor Michael Sheen to champion working class writers is back to challenge the bastions of literary privilege
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“My battle to reduce knife crime will never stop”
Grieving mum Sarah Lloyd hopes her new short film will teach young people the tragic consequences of carrying knives
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Shelter staff to strike in cost-of-living pay dispute
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Update: Mortality breathes a silence
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It's way past time to stop treating tenants like dirt
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Museum of Homelessness to open in Finsbury Park next year
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England is proving no place to be a child
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Britain's racist housing system must change
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No sleep, please, we're British [and poor]
People living in deprived areas of the UK are more likely to suffer from poor sleep, with ethnic minorities worse off
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Mark Cantrell
Emergency food aid a sorry symbol of rising hunger in rich UK
Record numbers of people unable to afford life's basic essentials are turning to food banks to survive, says Trussell Trust
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Mark Cantrell
Paramedics ill-equipped for realities of dementia
Expert Dr Danielle Jones says students must learn what to expect of this degenerative cognitive condition as part of their training
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Mark Cantrell
Space age tech helps city find 'leaky' homes
Thermal 'eye in the sky' reveals poorly insulated properties bleeding heat; it's hoped test flight data will better target efforts to cut carbon…
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Mark Cantrell
Unpaid carers are worth a fortune to the public purse; they pay a crushing price
When you consider how unpaid carers are essentially subsiding the UK's health and social care systems, little wonder governments have been slow to…
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Mark Cantrell
The gig ain't worth it
Work simply isn't paying its way for too many people in modern Britain
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Mark Cantrell
Credit where it's due for Bangladeshi folk music revival venture
Ancient Baul musical tradition finds unlikely advocate in the form of Manningham Housing Association
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Birmingham's in a kettle, but Gove's on the pot
Ministerial rebukes for social landlord failings feel a little off when government has done much to deliver England's housing hellscape
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Mark Cantrell
Update: Mortality breathes a silence
Bereavement left outHouse on hold, but the newsletter hasn't gone away
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Mark Cantrell
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