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· A dog's life with man's best friend
· Who's making decisions about your life?
· Rochester Row under threat
· Flawed count to be reformed
· Benefits changes?
· Arlington House reopens
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Scottish edition
· Homeless HIV+ couple forced to move on
· Scottish councils to offer more help
· Shelter Scotland responds to interest rate news
· Affordable housing development in Edinburgh
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London edition
· A dog's life with man's best friend
· Who's making decisions about your life?
· Rochester Row under threat
· Flawed count to be reformed
· Benefits changes?
· Arlington House reopens
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Scottish edition
· Homeless HIV+ couple forced to move on
· Scottish councils to offer more help
· Shelter Scotland responds to interest rate news
· Affordable housing development in Edinburgh
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London edition
· What the new government will mean for you
· Know your dispersal zones
· Westminster's Rough Sleeping 205 to be extended
· Deporting Eastern Europeans
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Scottish edition
· Have your say with SHIEN
· Young adults move into jobs in Banff and Buchan
· Edinburgh council attacked for its headcount methodology
· LHM opens literacy centre
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London: 42 is not the end! Is there a Facebook page about you? Deportations have begun Street count findings No homelessness in Huddersfield! (PDF 1.24MB)
Scotland: Banking for Scotland's 'unbanked' Growing concern for homeless kids Hostel evacuated because of blaze (PDF 0KB)
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London: Get the vote out! The Pavement 'street count' Dispersal orders Preventable evictions Homeless to Work Programme Sally Army rebrands its hostels (PDF 0KB)
Scotland: Rowan Alba Aberdeen council to sue itself The people vs Trump saga (PDF 0KB)
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London: Is street drinking putting a strain on the NHS? Food not Bombs founder interview Hospital discharge still a problem Homeless decoys Not one but TWO princes! (PDF 0KB)
Scotland: The Rock Trust Kicking It premieres at Glasgow Film Festival Beggars ruining Scotland's reputation, says hotelier Repossession protection comes to Scotland 10th user dies from Anthrax-contaminated heroin Scotland faces worst housing crisis since World War II (PDF 0KB)
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London: Rights Guide For Rough Sleepers Cracking down on Vancouver's homeless residents From hospital ward to snowy street Contaminated heroin Poncho back, yet again (PDF 0KB)
Scotland: The big chill Borderline funding cut Scotland's new housing regulations (PDF 0KB)
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London: Appealing benefits cuts Rough sleepers with swine flu could be forced to rely on churches Cape Town 'concentration camps' Container City plan takes shape Police 'trespassed' in hostel room Manchester 'hides' soup runs (PDF 1.21MB)
Scotland: Award-winning residents' association Half of Scotland's homeless from Eastern Europe Glasgow's Digital Hero Five Scottish kids face threat of homelessness every day Drop-in centre in memory of Afghanistan soldier (PDF 0KB)
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London: Rough sleepers to be sectioned? Another dispersal zone for central London Tories will improve headcounts Lambeth's controlled drinking zone Bob Dylan pays for Christmas dinner for London's homeless people (PDF 1.76MB)
Scotland: Getting into nature Gracemount falls, but new housing will rise Bye-bye right to buy Protests against Trump's luxury development continue (PDF 0KB)
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London: A homeless charity that works Dispersal zone widened Duchess of Cornwall at 999 Club Tory councils announce slashed budgets The recession and the UK's homeless population computer game 'humiliating' (PDF 1.44MB)
Scotland: Donald Trump: are the clearances back? Fife film launches Bring in builders not the wrecking ball, says activist (PDF 0KB)
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London: Soup run report comes out Strange goings-on at Novas Operation Loose Change London homelessness rises sharply Swine flu preparations (PDF 2.51MB)
Scotland: Street soccer Edinburgh Council manager: shoot homeless man Doing the Kiltwalk (PDF 1.20MB)
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London edition
London: Homeless people to be "designed out" of Westminster. Internal emails warn police to obey the law. Alleged Camden police assault on homeless men. Westminster rolling shelter to close. Gatekeeping update. (PDF 4.83MB)
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Scottish edition
London: LCAP's gatekeeping campaign. Giving your name - the legalities. What will the Olympics leave behind? Boris's first year. Novas investigated. Build your own house. (PDF 1.53MB)
Scotland: Life of a Pigeon gets BAFTA. Edinburgh homeless numbers rise. Funding slashed for Scottish projects. Dental service for homeless people. (PDF 1.55MB)
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London: Outreach workers too close to the police? Cleaning up Canada's homeless people. Homeless numbers a "gross underestimate". New hostel for Eastern Europeans. Invisible TV. Homeless World Cup news. (PDF 2.67MB)
Scotland: Pedalling for homelessness. Edinburgh homeless services in chaos. Hep C news. Leith makeover. (PDF 2.61MB)
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Scottish edition
London: Yet more Poncho. Building bikes (and confidence). London-Scottish charities combine. Booze to the door? (PDF 2.57MB)
Scotland: Edinburgh homeless charities close. Homeless children. 30,000 Scots now homeless. (PDF 2.52MB)
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Scottish edition
London: Fifteen Below jacket for homeless people. Operation Poncho ongoing. Spike Surplus closed. Toxic Terry. Repossessions rise. (PDF 2.58MB)
Scotland: Advice services under pressure. One in 30 young Scots homeless. Private sector leasing. Roughing it in Renfrewshire. (PDF 1.79MB)
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Scottish edition
London: Let's stop the move-ons! Poncho is back. Arlington House landlords investigated. Credit Crunch Christmas. Ending homelessness by 2012? Nah... Five million homeless by 2010? (PDF 2.10MB)
Scotland: Shelter Scotland is 40 - and best wishes for the next 40 from The Pavement. The costs of housing homeless people. Scotland's team going to the Homeless World Cup. (PDF 1.41MB)
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London: Your legal rights. Waterloo dispersal zone. Ticket out of Oxford. Homeless numbers to SOAR in 2009. Homeless artists' exhibition. (PDF 2.59MB)
Scotland: Edinburgh hotelier hits problems. Grants for Shelter Scotland. NIMBY in Perth and Kinross. Affordable housing in Scotland? Glasgow Simon Community in trouble. (PDF 1.59MB)
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Scottish edition
London: Fixing the count? Veterans north and south. Shelter cuts. Homeless in Ireland. Emmaeus community. (PDF 2.40MB)
Scotland: The Moray the merrier. No new homeless centre for Inverness. Work Capability Assessment. (PDF 1.66MB)
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London: The Law of the streets. (Yet more) Poncho. Dodgy street counts? Arlington House for sale. Gatekeeping. (PDF 3.69MB)
Scotland: Homelessness up. Homeless teens in Inverness. Begging boxes a failure. Tree houses. (PDF 1.82MB)
Plus health and personal advice, letters, homeless services and the usual brilliant cartoons...
London edition
London: The law of the streets. Shiny new CSTM. Poncho comes to a (temporary) halt. Experimenting on the homeless. The homeless vote in the US. Striptease for clothes. Move-on rumours. (PDF 1.55MB)
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London edition
London: Care or custody in the City. TB screening for residents. Squatting handbook causes outrage. The woman in a closet. Supersize YMCA. (PDF 1.93MB)
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London: Soaks in the City. The homeless and the Olympics. Hospital discharge policies. Alcohol gel. Tories in Crisis. Justiceville. (PDF 2.16MB)
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London: Hackney hostel protest. Stoo's portraits. Healthcare threatened? No Sleeping sign update. Homelessness to be history? Pay to pee? Hospital discharges. (PDF 2.05MB)
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London edition
London: Talking to the candidates for Mayor. How to vote. Peter Pickles' long walk. Yet more move-ons. Poles scammed. Aussie swag bags. Vet service for homeless pets. Chess and film. (PDF 1.26MB)
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London edition
London: TB on the march. Covent Garden stand-off. Gatekeeping report. ST Patrick's refurb. Connection news. Homeless people's academy. (PDF 2.11MB)
Plus health and personal advice, letters, homeless services and the usual brilliant cartoons...
London edition
London: Looking at CHAIN. Grant Shapps on homelessness. Architecture for Humanity. Silver Lady alive and kicking. Camden - ASBO central? Homeless radio. Download the guidance to hospitals. (PDF 2.19MB)
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London edition
London: Victory for soup runs. Wedge House closes. Rough sleeper figures down. Back from the dead. Audit Commission tackles homelessness. Affordable homes from Ikea. Jeremy Kyle on the streets. (PDF 1.48MB)
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London edition
London: Aid for veterans and soldiers on the streets Soup run ban? Arlington House refurb. The coat's coat by Bond, James Bond. Westminster rough sleeper numbers up. (PDF 2.22MB)
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London edition
London: Operation Poncho - readers respond. Violence against rough sleepers and bumfights. Super-strength beer. Bin death and a murder. ID cards. Surf culture. Homeless World Cup report. If you have problems reading this issue, please download it to the desktop first - it's a technical glitch. (PDF 1.85MB)
Plus health and personal advice, letters, homeless services and the usual brilliant cartoons...
London edition
London: Headcounts don't add up. London's tent city protest. Operation Poncho and sleepless nights. London markers. Homeless police. Pavement readers meet MP. Inequality for homeless gay people. Repellent spray for Paris's homeless people. (PDF 1.19MB)
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London edition
London: A8 nationals put stress on homeless services. No easy answers to question of hard drugs. Sleepless in Strand. Homeless + ASBO + Camden = ? Money motivates. Conflict of interest? Shelter's prison outreach. Streetshine. (PDF 1.71MB)
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London edition
London: How the smoking ban will affect you. Criminal record checks. Homeless arts festival. Pay to pee at Embankment loos? Filthy rich and homeless. Interview with Dominic Williamson of Homeless Link. User 'involvement'? (PDF 1.49MB)
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London: Move along - the headcount's coming. Prince Charles comes to call. Evicted squatters. Camden cuts. Crisis: suits you, sir. No Sleeping signs. Homeless reality show? The homeless playwright. (PDF 1.92MB)
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London: The real number of soup runs. The Big Issue's brand-new rival? Anti-dumping guidelines for homeless patients. The Homeless World Cup. Rough sleeping to end in 2012. John Bird gets a rough ride. (PDF 1.36MB)
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London: The immigration report. Blogs and book deals. Tent cities in US; people-dumping in California. Westminster MP speaks and health team wins. Webber Street centre. Homeless man murdered. French housing. Bad drugs and cold turkey. John Bird interview. (PDF 1.15MB)
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London edition
London: Homeless (and without a vote) in Japan. Family life in a car. Rough sleeper 'resort' in Florida. 'Dead' man turns up 30 years later. Thames Reach funding cuts. Bad smack. Green Pastures - more homes NOW! Raid at hostel. John Bird interview. (PDF 1.22MB)
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London: The Passage restricts A8 users. Bigoted soup kitchens in France. Homeless people's dogs. Intentionally homeless? The Colonel. Homeless Front launch. Camden Council blows out Crisis. Human trafficking. (PDF 1.27MB)
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London: The homeless dead. Violence and the homeless. Homeless numbers up? FareShare. Where is the social housing? Cathy Come Home revisited. Crisis changes. Appreciating clouds. Should drug workers be tested? (PDF 1.62MB)
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London edition
London: Are the police moving homeless people on? Russia wins the 2006 World Cup. Black & Minority Ethnic and A8 homeless stats. Cardboard Citizens and the RSC on tour. Thames Reach to be called... Thames Reach. Scotscare. Crisis jobs fair. Starter packs. (PDF 1.06MB)
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London: Move-ons from Chelsea and Aldwych. Street People’s Action & Awareness Group’s walk. Waterloo Christian Centre spruces up. Westminster councillor blasts soup runs. Stratford and Marble Arch murders. Streetlights. Crisis plans rejected. Dome Village, USA. (PDF 1.55MB)
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London: Airport move-ons. Crisis planning application and new head Only 459 rough sleepers in England? GROW is... growing. Homeless World Cup. The vanishing public lavatory. The law on bankruptcy. News for A8 citizens. Drinking zones. (PDF 1.09MB)
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London edition
London: Camden booze ban. Sofa surfing around the world. 25 per cent of homeless ex-services? Job fair. Nobby housed. Two Step to secure housing. Prince Charles shocked. Ex-Servicemen Fellowship Centre. PTSD. Footie food from SOSF. Alcohol Recovery Project and ex-service personnel. Royal British Legion. (PDF 1.57MB)
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London edition
London: Pete aims to house 650 families by 2008. David Cameron talks to John Bird. National Rent Deposit Forum. West London Mission. Free voicemail. Riverside House. (PDF 1021KB)
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London edition
London: Marylebone Parish Church ejects homeless. Brent Homeless Users Group. Ken Livingstone talks to The Pavement. Endell Street Hostel. Hackney 180 Day Centre. Big Brother and the Brighton shelter. St Barnabas update. Simon Community in Hackney. Counselling for the Homeless wins award. (PDF 1.09MB)
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London edition
London: 'Nobby the Tramp'. Homeless benefits changes. Homelessness Sunday. St Barnabas refurb. Stuart, a Life Backwards. Crisis - two views. Waterloo Christian Centre. Homelink houses its 100th person. (PDF 2.07MB)
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London edition
London: Homelessness on the up. Westminster Homeless Conference. London Soup Run forum. St Martin's remembrance service. North Lamber Day Centre closure. Camden needle exchange. 'Digital divide'. St Mungo's survey. (PDF 5.61MB)
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London edition
London: Simon Community annual count. Dog's Trust. 'Inside Housing': hostels are 'ghettos'. Thames Reach Broadway against super-strength drink. Embankment clear-up. Westminster PCT report. (PDF 3.39MB)
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London edition
London: Soup runs. Cafe Arlington. Voicemail4all. North Lambeth Day Centre gets facelift. West London Day Centre offers training. Ex-services homelessness. (PDF 2.74MB)
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London edition
London: Camden doomed to fail. Building-based services = more rough sleepers. Local connection rule to be scrapped? Too many homeless charities. Shaljean retires. Charing X Police Homeless Persons Unit. Streetshine training and work. (PDF 4.46MB)
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London: Brian Haw outside Parliament for 1,500 days. Homeless World Cup attracts 64 countries. Tory 'Homelessness Summit'. Jesus Army - dangerous? Vagrancy Act must go. National Missing Persons Helpline. (PDF 2.01MB)
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London: Homeless get ASBOs. Homeless World Cup. Street Cafe is 10! Building-based services of doubtful use. Art workshop for the homeless. (PDF 574KB)
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London: Immigrants left to sleep rough. 'Gollum' star to make homeless film. Liberal Democrats say 'Use empty houses'. Vagrancy Act absurd. (PDF 313KB)
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London: Westminster outreach workers face axe. Rough sleeping up 33 per cent. West London Day Centre grant uncertain. The Pavement says hello. Why vote? (PDF 356KB)
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London: Westminster outreach workers face axe. Rough sleeping up 33 per cent. West London Day Centre grant uncertain. The Pavement says hello. Why vote? (PDF 356KB)
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