Page 2 - Accommodation Programme News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

“It’s a wonderful experience to have somewhere to call home. I haven’t had that for more than six years.” Before the COVID-19 pandemic, Peter lived on

After years living on the streets, the Government’s Next Steps Accommodation Programme has given Peter a new home and hope for the future.

Records show that since 2014, Peterborough City Council has paid Eastfield in excess of £2.6m to house the homeless.   Hundreds of payments of smaller amounts have been paid out by Fenland Council and are listed on the council’s public expenditure charts that are obliged to show all payments over £500.  However, many of these payments are redacted.  The council says the payments were made to organisations/individual contractors for supplies and services during the pandemic.   “Names have been redacted due to General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) because they relate to individua...

Lincoln ticket conman admits scam but avoids jail People scammed to feed gambling addiction | Photo: The Lincolnite A Lincoln fraudster addicted to gambling, who scammed 85 victims by selling them non-existent tickets to events worth up to £9,0000, has been convicted but spared jail. Jesse Wilkinson gained the trust of his victims during online chats over Facebook, which began with him commiserating with them when they missed out on tickets for in-demand events. Jeremy Janes, prosecuting, said Wilkinson needed the money to fund his gambling habit which had spiralled out of control as he soug...

Paedophile back in jail after assaulting two children and drugging another He didn’t tell the mother about being a sex offender Benjamin Johnson, a registered sex offender, has been sent back to prison for six years. | Photo: Humberside Police A registered sex offender has returned back to prison for six years after failing to comply with release requirements when he sexually assaulted two children. Benjamin Johnson, 34 and from Scunthorpe, went to extensive measures to conceal a year-long relationship with a woman who had three children, who he had overnight stays with right up until his a...