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BARNSLEY is now one of the worst-hit places in Yorkshire when it comes to people going hungry, shock new research has revealed.
A study from the University of Sheffield - using data from the Food Foundation - has highlighted where in the country most people struggle to access or afford food.
In the Barnsley local authority area,almost 11 per cent of the population - equivalent to more than 26,000 people - described themselves as ‘hungry’.
Residents in the ‘hungry’ category are people who indicated that they were hungry but were unable to eat food because they could not afford it, or were unable to access food in the previous month.