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PEOPLE living in temporary accommodation are having to go without necessities like heating, water and even a toilet, according to the woman who runs Middlesbrough’s homeless café. Susan Gill, who runs Susan s Homeless Café and Hub said some of the people who visited her café, which is currently only open for takeaways because of the lockdown, were forced to go to the toilet outside because landlords are not maintaining homes. Because of Covid-19, most people are being housed in temporary accommodation, said Ms Gill. “This is the first time they’ve been housed,” she said. “I’m so grateful.
Tommy and Julie Dring with Bridget in the new visitors’ pod. A MIDDLESBROUGH care home has devised an ingenious way to enable families to visit their loved ones back inside the home for the first time since the Covid-19 national lockdown in March. Longlands Care Home has created a visitors’ ‘pod’ which enables people to safely see and talk to residents in the home. It has provided a welcome pre-Christmas boost for residents and their families, many of whom have not seen each other face-to-face for nine months. The pod has been created by installing a new window and microphone system between the conservatory and one of the dining rooms at Longlands, which is situated on Longlands Road.