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The Latest Breaking News from Awaab Ishak

Housing boss finally apologises for Awaab Ishak's death but refuses to quit

The chair of the Rochdale Boroughwide Housing board says Gareth Swarbrick has their "full confidence"

Manchester Evening News

The Mancunian Way: Austerity 2.0

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Manchester Evening News

6G firm fined for building 'unacceptable' underground chamber and installing equipment in housing estate

IX Wireless Ltd have been the subject of enforcement action by Bury Council after carrying out work they were not permitted to do

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Calls grow for housing boss to step down as HUNDREDS give support to Awaab's Law

'Michael Gove is right about one thing... Gareth Swarbrick should resign'

Manchester Evening News

Andy Burnham: We cannot carry on with a housing stock that is killing us and our children

“This should be a defining moment for the housing sector.” So said Coroner Joanne Kearsley as she delivered her verdict on the death of two-year-old Awaab Ishak from a respiratory condition caused by mould in his family’s flat in Rochdale.

Evening Standard

Ombudsman expedites three investigations into landlord after toddler’s death

Rochdale Boroughwide Housing has come under fire after it emerged the landlord failed to respond to the parents’ complaints about mould.

The Independent UK

The appalling death of Awaab Ishak shows how social housing tenants are treated as an underclass

The death of a two-year-old due to black mould was avoidable. Housing associations and councils see tenants as an inconvenience, says Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

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'You white b****rd': Gang left stranger with horror injuries in brutal, sudden attack

The men have narrowly avoided jail

Manchester Evening News

Frustrations rising as Oldham Mumps redevelopment taking 'longer than moon-landing'

The council has entered into a legal agreement for a Lidl and a hotel to be built at the 'Prince's Gate' site

Manchester Evening News

Housing association boss faces pressure to quit after Awaab Ishak’s death

Social housing watchdog launches investigation and MP accuses Rochdale Boroughwide Housing of being ‘modern-day slumlord’

The Guardian - UK

Awaab's Law: Sign our petition to ensure no other child dies from damp and mouldy social housing

Awaab's Law is calling for better regulation of the social housing sector following the toddler's tragic death

Manchester Evening News

Voice of the Mirror: 'Awaab Ishak shows poverty kills as boy, two, cheated of his future'

The verdict of Awaab Ishak's inquest is a damning indictment of the appalling conditions in which his family had to make their home as we need to look at what kind of a country we want to be

Daily Mirror

Housing society boss paid £170,000 in same year boy died due to mould in flat

Awaab Ishak, two, died in December 2020 from a respiratory condition caused by mould in the one-bedroom housing association flat in Rochdale.

The Independent UK

Two people killed in Poland by Russian missile, senior US intelligence official says

It is the first time a Russian attack on Ukraine has killed people in a NATO country since the start of the war

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Michael Gove says it 'beggars belief' housing boss is still in job following Awaab Ishak's death

“This is an unacceptable tragedy.”

Manchester Evening News

No apology, a last minute confession, massive pay rises - the housing bosses who failed Awaab Ishak

Gareth Swarbrick 'politely declined' our request for an interview

Manchester Evening News

Awaab Ishak's death shames the country - this is what needs to change now

The toddler's death must not be forgotten

Manchester Evening News

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The Guardian - UK

‘Are you not worried we might die?’ Social housing tenants on living with mould

Around 120,000 households in social housing in England live with mould as regulations face delays

The Independent UK

Death of boy, two, due to mould in housing authority flat ‘unacceptable tragedy’

Awaab Ishak died in December 2020 from a respiratory condition caused by mould in the one-bedroom housing association flat in Rochdale.

Wales Online

How mould can affect your health - questions answered after two-year-old's death

Awaab Ishak suffered prolonged exposure to mould in the housing association flat where he lived with his parents

Manchester Evening News

Actions leading to Awaab Ishak's death were 'unacceptable', Downing Street says

The toddler's family are 'in PM Rishi Sunak's thoughts'

Daily Record

Boy, 2, died due to black mould in flat 'unfit for humans', inquest finds

Awaab Ishak celebrated his second birthday just a week before died from a respiratory condition in December 2020.

Manchester Evening News

Man found dead behind east Manchester car wash is named

Police are appealing for help tracing the 40-year-old's relatives

Manchester Evening News

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