A Newcastle charity has heartbreakingly revealed that pasta is too costly for some people to cook and warned that the cost of living crisis hasn't fully hit those already struggling.
The People's Kitchen on Bath Lane is serving around 300 meals to homeless people every night - a figure that has almost doubled in just 18 months - and is expected to rise even further as the winter bites. Now, the charity has set up a 'corner shop' to provide free food parcels to some of the most vulnerable in the city as they come in for a hot meal.
But with the demand for support so high, volunteers have stressed that the parcels are not only helping homeless people, with many families also relying on them as they struggle to meet soaring bills.
