Meghan Owen
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- Sep 30, 2026
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Croydon leaseholders threatened with losing homes (opens the original)
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Residents who have had no hot water or heating for more than six months say they were told "out of nowhere" that they could lose their homes if they did not pay a lump sum in service charges within a day, along with an additional "debt collection fee" of up to £1,000. About 19 leaseholders at Admiral Court in Croydon, south London, have been without a gas supply since 4 March because of "potentially dangerous leaks". The BBC recently reported that residents had been caught up in layers of bureau
Croydon woman had no hot water or heating for most of pregnancy (opens the original)
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Samantha Banner and her partner have been living without heating or hot water for most of her pregnancy, relying on washing in buckets filled with kettle-boiled water, camping showers, or travelling elsewhere. The couple are leaseholders of a flat at Admiral Court in Croydon, south London, where residents across the mixed-tenure development have been without a gas supply since 4 March due to "potentially dangerous leaks". They say they've been caught up in layers of bureaucracy among the freehol
'I'm still paying a mortgage for a home destroyed by a fire' (opens the original)
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Sarah Williams vividly remembers watching her home burn down on the news. On 26 August 2024, she was on holiday when a neighbour texted her to say the Spectrum Building in east London was on fire. But two years on from the blaze in Dagenham, which left more than 80 people homeless, residents including Williams say they are still "in limbo". The leaseholder said: "We're still just stuck waiting for other people to make decisions about our future." She added that in a year's time, the money they w
Are AI recruitment tools affecting mid-life women's careers? (opens the original)
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The fear of becoming surplus to requirements because of advancements in AI is one shared by millions of workers, but are AI recruitment tools posing a specific threat to women trying to return to employment? After a career spanning decades, with senior corporate roles in fashion, and a period of freelancing, 52-year-old Stacey Duguid decided to find "one last job". What followed was 16 months of sending "gazillions" of CVs, with little more than a handful of automated replies, despite never prev
The London borough with one of England's lowest fertility rates (opens the original)
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Islington seems, on the surface, a family-friendly area. Parents push buggies through quiet leafy side streets of this popular neighbourhood that is also within easy reach of central London. But this north London borough has one of the lowest fertility rates in the country and mothers are older on average here than in most other parts of the capital. Islington is a snapshot of a trend also playing out not only in inner London but also other parts of the world. The situation has been described by
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