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From Nottingham to the Isle of Wight, people lament losing sense of community as well as facilitiesEngland has lost almost 400 swimming pools since 2010Alice, an artist on the Isle of Wight, was hopeful that her son would be a confident swimmer by the …
Analysis shows parts of country with greatest health-related deprivation have lost out the most‘A huge loss’: readers on UK leisure centre closuresEngland has lost almost 400 swimming pools since 2010, with parts of the country that have the greatest h…
Judgment handed down after five-year legal battle is landmark ruling for protection of green spacesCampaigners have won a supreme court appeal to stop houses being built on a park protected by a 100-year-old statutory trust in Shrewsbury, in a landmark…
Outreach and charity workers talk about the day-to-day issues they face when dealing with the city’s homelessness problemEngland likely to miss target to end rough sleeping by 2024, says CrisisJust outside a busy McDonald’s in Birmingham city centre a …
Homelessness charity says it is ‘incredibly disappointing’ to see rough sleeping on rise across country‘You just have to keep trying’: the people helping Birmingham’s rough sleepersA leading charity has said the government is likely to miss its target …
Home Builders Federation warns planning policy changes will result in government meeting less than half its annual targetHousebuilding in England is due to fall to its lowest level since the second world war, according to an analysis by the Home Builde…
Defenders of LTNs in Oxford report antisemitic and conspiracy-theory chanting at confrontations over traffic reduction measuresFar-right activists and other extremists are attempting to hijack local issues such as low-traffic schemes by linking them to…
Mike fled Ukraine with his wife and young son last year. Now in the UK, he describes the family’s past year‘My son is brave, but he’s scared’: Kyiv father’s diary of first week of invasionAfter fleeing the war in Kyiv in March, I travelled with my wife…
Gangs among those buying up cheap houses and claiming housing benefit for vulnerable people who do not live there, police sayRogue landlords are conning the government out of millions of pounds by fraudulently claiming housing benefits for so-called “g…
Campaigners say millions are struggling, in letter to Michael Gove signed by leaders of Manchester, Liverpool and LondonAn immediate rent freeze and a ban on evictions should be introduced in England to help renters deal with the cost of living crisis,…