Lewis bought his flat from a shared-ownership scheme run by a housing association - but rising service charges mean he's now trapped in a home he cannot afford.

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'My one-bed flat's service charge is now £16K a year' bbc.in/3TVlvUL

People feel trapped and powerless: bbc.in/43CvG3S

Shared ownership “unbearable reality” because of rising service charges and other costs, say MPs…
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Tenants and residents in London have soaring service charges, some of whom have seen their monthly bill rise by hundreds of pounds in a few years.

A growing number are now refusing to pay unless action is taken.

Tarah Welsh

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The people refusing to pay rising service charges… bbc.com/news/articles/…

The first person in England and Wales to be convicted of a cyber-flashing offence, Nicholas Hawkes, has been jailed for 66 weeks- he sent unsolicited explicit photos to a 15 yr old girl and a woman

'We can’t sell our flat and can’t afford to live in it' bbc.com/news/articles/…

“We are cutting off blazers” - why paramedics and surgeons are trying to teach children about the dangers of knife crime. You can see the full report by ⁦Karl Mercer⁩ on ⁦BBC London⁩ 630pm- part of our series this week. bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan…

If you want a masterclass in interviewing and accountability journalism, always worth a listen to Mishal Husain o/ #R4Today

UN says Israel wants 1.1m Gazans to move in next 24 hrs

It says it’s been told by Israel that everyone in Nth Gaza shld go south

In last hr, Israeli military has directly told civilians of Gaza City to evacuate

UN says it will lead to ‘devastating humanitarian consequences’

The director of a women's organisation has told us about what happened when she was bitten and had clumps of hair ripped out by a woman during a racially motivated attack on the Tube.

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#ICYMI : A Black elder in Bristol, aged in his 60s, was stabbed to death on Friday in what police are treating as a 'race hate crime”. Christina Howell, 36, has been charged with murder.
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NUS say “homelessness is a real threat” for international students struggling to find somewhere to live. bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan…

A fifteen year old girl has been killed at rush hour this morning in Croydon. So far this year, 15 teenagers have been victims of homicide in London- last year, 14 lost their lives. bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan…

Except she doesn’t, because that number doesn’t count people watching on phones, tablets, catch-up on iPlayer… which they do, in 2023!

Bodycam video shows Ohio police fatally shooting pregnant black woman bbc.in/45AqAoT

The US police have released footage capturing the fatal shooting of a pregnant Black woman.

The family has denounced the killing as a 'gross misuse of power.' aje.io/ziorbu

Former Harrods and Fulham FC owner Mohamed Al Fayed has died aged 94

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