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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
National
Stephen Topping

A two-year-old is dead and other children are struggling to breathe

Awaab Ishak had just turned two when he died - his young lungs exposed to the rancid damp and mould of a 'sweatbox' flat.

His family had been complaining to Rochdale Boroughwide Housing (RBH) over the state of their upstairs flat for years - even before he was born. A pre-inquest review heard how Awaab's death was linked to the conditions he was living in.

The hearing, in June, was told the safeguarding team at Rochdale Council would complete a rapid case review into Awaab's death in the coming weeks, before a decision is made over whether to carry out a serious case review into the circumstances surrounding the tragedy.

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