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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
National
Sophie Halle-Richards

'We have to wear so many layers just to keep warm - now my baby is always sick'

A mum-of-one says she and her seven-month-old baby have been left in freezing conditions amid claims the windows and doors of her property won't shut properly.

Olivia Ashworth, 20, claims her young daughter is constantly sick with a cold, and says she's having to waste hundreds of pounds a month on heating her home in Whitefield.

She moved into the maisonette in August last year, and claims she's made repeated attempts to contact her housing association, Onward Housing, to try and get the problem sorted.

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