Just hours after Government announced its rental
protection plan, its own newly released stats show that in the last year a
household became homeless every four minutes in England. The stats estimate
62,280 homeless families living in temporary accommodation, of which 9% (5,400)
are living in emergency B&B’s and hostels where they have to share
facilities kitchens and bathrooms and often sleep in a single room. The number
of families living in temporary accommodation has increased by almost a third
(31%) in the last five years. Read more on 24housing.
Country diary: The challenge of making a thatched roof pine-marten proof |
Tom Allan
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*Glenisla, Angus:* Damage by squirrels is common; the mustelid less so.
Still, as a local told me, ‘you cannae blame them wanting somewhere to live’
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