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Gateshead pensioner fighting eviction from childhood home insists he's going nowhere

A Gateshead pensioner has vowed he is going nowhere after lodging an appeal against an eviction notice for his home of 67 years.

Ken May has been issued an eviction notice by Gateshead Council after he refused workers access to his Wardley address to conduct three-monthly inspections.

But despite facing being kicked out of the Standfield Gardens council house, the 69-year-old has insisted he is staying put.

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