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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Charlie Smith

‘Left out in the cold’: the boaters locked out of fuel support

Ema Pightling, on her narrowboat outside Hebden Bridge, has been struggling to heat her home.
Ema Pightling, on her narrowboat outside Hebden Bridge, has been struggling to heat her home. Photograph: Charlie Smitth/The Observer

Once thought of as the coolest place in Britain to live, Hebden Bridge in West Yorkshire has become a small hub for people in search of a bohemian paradise in the north; among them are the canal boaters who moor up in the former mill town.

Despite living in such confined quarters, this small and mobile community has, however, been finding life much more expensive as the cost of living crisis continues, and government help is only available for some.

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