The Latest Breaking News from Awaab Ishak

Woman BLAMED by landlord for mould problem that left her unable to sleep for months - now she's getting £2k off them

Another social landlord has come under fire

Manchester Evening News · Oct 14, 2022

The Mancunian Way: Fridays are not what they were

Read the Mancunian Way newsletter for Monday, October 10, 2022.

Manchester Evening News · Oct 11, 2022

While tenants suffered and a family grieved, housing association bosses raked in huge pay rises

"It's just almost inexcusable"

Manchester Evening News · Oct 9, 2022

MPs and mayor forced to step in over families living in 'life-threatening squalor' as shocking videos show rat infestation

Horrendous footage shows the street teeming with rats and mice

Manchester Evening News · Aug 23, 2022

'We should all feel a sense of shame': Heartbreak and anger after boy, 2, living in damp-ridden flat dies

Awaab Ishak was living in a Rochdale apartment block when he died

Manchester Evening News · Aug 20, 2022

Probe into flats where boy, 2, died and children 'struggle to breathe' launched

Awaab Ishak, two, died from respiratory illnesses in a mouldy "sweatbox" flat despite his parents calling for improvements to their flat in Rochdale for years

Daily Mirror · Aug 19, 2022

Make no mistake - for a child to die this way is a stain on Greater Manchester - Awaab Ishak should not be forgotten

We should be angry that Awaab's life was cut short so cruelly, his potential torn apart, his family bereft.

Manchester Evening News · Aug 16, 2022

Boy, 2, died after being exposed to damp on estate where Manchester United star grew up

Tragic two-year-old Awaab Ishak lived on the Freehold estate in Rochdale, Greater Manchester, the same place where Manchester United defender Axel grew up

Daily Mirror · Aug 16, 2022

The Northern Agenda: The estate where children are struggling to breathe

A two-year-old boy died in Rochdale after being exposed to damp and mould

Chronicle Live · Aug 16, 2022

A forgotten child in the Greater Manchester flats that are full of fear

"We do whatever we can... but it keeps coming back"

Manchester Evening News · Aug 16, 2022