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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Neha Gohil Community affairs correspondent

Home Office U-turn grants Wirral ‘legend’ right to live in UK after 46 years

Shardey sitting on a chair in the street outside his old shop, with the Liver Building towers in the background.
Nelson Shardey, who said he felt ‘some healing’ after the decision, ran Nelson’s News in Wirral for 31 years. Photograph: Joel Goodman/The Guardian

A retired newsagent and “local legend” from Merseyside has said he feels marvellous after a Home Office U-turn granted him the right to live in the UK almost 50 years after he arrived.

Nelson Shardey, 75, launched legal action against the Home Office and fundraised almost £50,000 earlier this year after he was refused the right to stay in the UK permanently, despite living in the country since 1977 and running his shop, Nelson’s News, in Wirral for 31 years.

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