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Windowless ‘cells’ for rent spark fears of ‘modern slums’

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Plans to transform UK high streets into dorm-style residential areas as developers convert empty shops into tiny shipping container-sized flats New developments sparked concerns UK high streets turning into modern slums Impact of Covid-19 has led to flood of businesses being turned into tiny flats PDR flats are not bound by the minimum space standard … Read more

India told to ‘prepare for onslaught’ as one of Asia’s biggest slums suffers first coronavirus death

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Indian doctors have warned that the country must prepare to face an ‘onslaught’ of cases that could cripple the health system after it suffered its first death.   A 56-year-old man died due to Covid-19-related illness in Dharavi slum, in Mumbai on Wednesday. The Dharavi slum is home to roughly one million people and its population … Read more