Social housing tenants are now at risk of homelessness after a Westminster Council blunder allowed 16 supposedly protected homes to be sold off and turned into private rentals. Residents living in Gem House, Marylebone, say their new private landlord has hiked rents to as much as eight times their current payments — telling them toContinue reading “Council Blunder: Social Home Sold, Rent Explodes, Tenants Told To Feck Off”
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TENT CITY FOR CANCER CARE: FAMILY FORCED OUTDOORS AS U.S. HEALTHCARE SAYS “PAY UP OR DIE
A family in Louisiana has been forced into literal outdoor survival because their daughter’s cancer is so aggressive, and the cost of keeping her alive is so extreme, that they’ve abandoned housing altogether. They are living in tents, in heat, storms, and instability, because the alternative is losing access to the only treatment showing anyContinue reading “TENT CITY FOR CANCER CARE: FAMILY FORCED OUTDOORS AS U.S. HEALTHCARE SAYS “PAY UP OR DIE”
The UK’s Pill Panic
Sir Jim Mackey, the head of NHS England, said he and other health bosses were also “really worried” about supplies, which include syringes and gloves. Iran’s blockage of the Strait of Hormuz and the subsequent need to reroute shipments around the globe have both directly impacted deliveries. Earlier this month, pharmacy leaders and manufacturers sounded the alarm over theContinue reading “The UK’s Pill Panic”
Old Burial Site To Be Turned Into Luxury Homes
Residents living in the shadow of a cemetery where developers want to construct luxury homes over dead bodies have blamed their council of ‘taking them for fools’ after it emerged a full exhumation did not take place as promised. Calls are mounting to stop the council’s plans to build 20 homes over 11 ‘sacred’ gravestones, includingContinue reading “Old Burial Site To Be Turned Into Luxury Homes”
Fish And Chips: The Owner Apologizes
A fish and chip shop owner has issued a heartfelt apology to customers after putting the price of a portion of cod and chips up to £15 but insists he had no choice as the cost of fish has soared in recent months. Brad-Lee Navruz, who runs The Nippy Chippy in Stonehouse, Gloucestershire, said heContinue reading “Fish And Chips: The Owner Apologizes”
Joanna Toole’s Father Celebrates A Historic Victory Four Years After She And Six Other British Passengers Died On Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302
From early childhood, Joanna Toole enjoyed keeping rats in the bedroom of her home in Exmouth, Devon. She said they were extremely intelligent and made good pets. Other animals she kept included hamsters, a rabbit, two giant African land snails and pigeons, which she trained to fly home. At secondary school, she discovered some boysContinue reading “Joanna Toole’s Father Celebrates A Historic Victory Four Years After She And Six Other British Passengers Died On Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302”
World’s End Estate
A video shows children’s toys and family possessions have been discovered untouched and rotting on an abandoned housing estate by an urban explorer. Sean Piper, from Kent, England, stunned TikTok users after he found the Mayron Grove estate in Woolwich, London, and posted the footage to the social media site saying it looked like ‘theContinue reading “World’s End Estate”
There Is No End To This Nightmare
The family of a woman left with a severe brain injury after being driven down by a New York City driver said insurance companies are refusing to pay for treatment because she won’t recover from her near vegetative state. Mimi Silver Liebenberg, 37, was run over by Clossie Spencer, 29, last August as she crossedContinue reading “There Is No End To This Nightmare”
THE MONTHLY MOSQUITO 