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Is this Britain's worst estate? Neighborhood which was setting for 1980s cult film Rita, Sue and Bob Too now so violent families fear going out at night

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'Blindsided' woman who hoped to modernise 1930s home left without a kitchen for months and forced to wash dishes in the bath after builders walk out of £20,000 renovation job

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'England smell ROTTEN': Gareth Southgate's Three Lions are slammed by the foreign press after dismal 1-1 draw with Denmark... as L'Equipe give woeful 4/10 scores to TWO midfielders

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‘It’s a ticking time bomb’: Social care is the election issue nobody wants to talk about

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