i d been set on fire. someone set you on fire? yeah, when i was asleep in my sleeping bag. he has experienced homelessness in cities and more rural areas, like here in herefordshire, where it is just as tough. a lot of people don t accept there is a big homeless problem in places like hereford, or any rural areas, because they ignore it. it s because they don t want to acknowledge that the same things in big cities can happen in rural areas. they can pretend it s not happening. last year s official rough sleeper count found the number of people on the streets was up by almost 40% from 2010, when the count began. but this isn tjust an urban problem. in rural england, there is a homelessness crisis. away from the busy streets, it s harder to see. this is one place where rough sleepers are known to take shelter. but look at where we are,
i d been set on fire. someone set you on fire? yeah, when i was asleep in my sleeping bag. he has experienced homelessness in cities and more rural areas, like here in herefordshire, where it is just as tough. a lot of people don t accept there is a big homeless problem in places like hereford, or any rural areas, because they ignore it. it s because they don t want to acknowledge that the same things in big cities can happen in rural areas. they can pretend it s not happening. last year s official rough sleeper count found the number of people on the streets was up by almost 40% from 2010, when the count began. but this isn tjust an urban problem. in rural england, there is a homelessness crisis. away from the busy streets, it s harder to see. this is one place where rough sleepers are known to take shelter.
I notice that a rough sleeper has recently dossed down very near the top of the New River Path where it emerges onto Wightman Road. She seems to be over 18 an…