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iSTOCK The house was infested with rodents that lived in the walls and ceiling. (File photo) They would regularly get inside the house and leave droppings or ruin the tenant’s and her flatmate’s belongings. The tenant told the tribunal the constant scrabbling noise from inside the walls kept her awake at night, and she had found both dead and alive animals inside the house. The constant presence of the pests often “frightened” and “repulsed” the tenant, she said. On one occasion...

Breakfast TV searches for new sizzle as Piers Morgan departs The controversial presenter may have divided opinion but helped win viewers for Good Morning Britain and leaves ITV seeking a replacement Piers Morgans departure from Good Morning Britain has brought into sharp relief the value broadcasters place on breakfast television.  The combative presenter reportedly earned £1.1m a year during his time on the ITV show - a figure that would have put him among the top three earners at the BBC.�...

Lu, however, disputed this, and told the tribunal there was never an option for the tenants to live alone – they either had to have one person living on level two of the house with them and other tenants living on level three, or other people living on level three with Lu storing her belongings in the level two bedroom. When the tenants moved into the house, they were surprised to find Lus daughter was still living there. They were unhappy with the situation but had nowhere else to stay. T...

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Virginia ranks last among all states in vaccine doses used out of those distributed. CHATHAM, Va. — Over the weekend, the Pittsylvania-Danville Health District announced an online pre-registration portal for local residents to initiate the process of receiving the vaccine that immunizes against COVID-19. Since Friday, Chatham residents have voiced concern over a reported problem with the system that hinders certain elderly, medically vulnerable patients from receiving their dose. What loca...

Road to Partition: how the border was drawn up A very different border could have been chosen, but by the time the Better Government of Ireland act passed on 23 December 1920, the line between what would become Northern Ireland and the rest of the island had been drawn. • 21 Dec 2020 In early 1919 Lloyd Georges coalition government was engaged in the realignment of European borders at the Paris Peace Conference but, by the Autumn of that year, attention was focused again on the Irish question...