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Food banks, fence row and air pollution

An unprecedented rise in the number of people using food banks, a wooden fence causes a row with neighbours and air pollution could be killing almost as many people as smoking.

A squeeze on income, delays in paying benefits and high utility bills are to blame for the unprecedented rise in the number of people using food banks, a wooden fence around the front of a house in north-west London has caused a row with neighbours, Brent council has ruled he can't make his home look like a wooden fort so denied planning permission and air pollution could be killing almost as many people as smoking, according to a committee of MPs.

3 hours

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  • Mon 8 Dec 2014 06:00