Mould, cold and a community centre offering hope in the cost of living crisis

More than 2m households fell into fuel poverty last year and in one community in north-east England, many must make a daily choice between heating and eating.
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Video producers Maeve Shearlaw and Chris Cherry visited a centre in Shiremoor, North Tyneside, that is supporting people through the cost of living crisis, and saw how mouldy properties and prepayment meters are exacerbating problems for the most vulnerable people.

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00:00 Intro
02:01 COPD, damp and mould
04:39 Heating or eating?
06:08 The mould is getting worse
07:25 Men's mental health group
08:34 The Ann Summers rep
08:53 The cost of living is crazy

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