Seven year hitch

A mum claims her damp and slug-infested home gave her daughter tonsillitis and left some rooms in the house inhospitable. Nicola Hodgson, 29, moved in the Leeds property into in 2015 - but says she has since been dealing with damp and mould problems ever since. The machine operator said she complained to Leeds City Council in 2016 after spotting mould behind the sofa of her house in East End Park. But since then, Nicola claims the problems have escalated and says her home is now attracting "slugs and other wildlife". She even claims her seven-year-old daughter Brooke has fallen sick because of the conditions, with mould spreading across the walls of the youngster's bedroom, reports Leeds Live. Get all the best news directly to your inbox. Click here to sign-up to our newsletter Work was undertaken to fix a huge leak in her daughter’s bedroom as well as to resolve the problems. But Nicola says the work was never finished and issues have come back worse this time … [Read more...] about Mum claims damp slug-infested home with ‘no-go rooms’ gave her daughter tonsillitis

A FURIOUS mum claims her mouldy, slug-infested home gave her daughter tonsillitis. Nicola Hodgson, 29, moved into the home in East End Park, Leeds , in 2015 but claims she has had damp and mould problems ever since. The young mum claims she first complained to Leeds City Council in 2016 when she found mould behind her sofa. But nothing happened until 2019, when her solicitor got involved. The mould had spread throughout her home by then, including into her seven-year-old daughter Brooke’s bedroom. Ms Hodgson said: “As long as they’re getting their rent, they aren’t bothered about the conditions I’m living in. "They know I’ve got my daughter living with me here. She was three years old when the damp started. "Since she was just three or four years old she started developing tonsillitis. I’ve only just found out this can be caused by damp. “I’ve had other people telling me they’ve had the same problems with the council. I don’t know what it is, they don’t want … [Read more...] about Furious mum claims mouldy slug-infested home gave her daughter, 7, tonsillitis

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Denise Van Outen and her partner Eddie Boxshall are ready to take their relationship to the next level after going through couple's hypnotherapy. The 46-year-old former Strictly Come Dancing star, who has been dating Eddie for seven years, had nothing but praise for her loving partner. Speaking to Kate Thornton recently on her podcast White Wine Question Time , the couple admitted that they were keen on the idea of getting married sometime soon. During the podcast, Eddie credited therapy sessions with helping bring the couple even closer together. "I'll be honest… Even more so now would I marry her after doing therapy sessions," Eddie said during the podcast. He continued: "I have come out the other side of those sessions and for me now, I'd marry her at the drop of a hat!'' Denise added that the feelings a mutual, saying: "I can't imagine myself being with anyone else — although sometimes I'd like to." The couple went through several therapy sessions that used … [Read more...] about Denise Van Outen and Eddie say they’re ready for marriage after couple’s hypnotherapy

After a year in close quarters with her family Denise van Outen has gone to extraordinary lengths to get some peace and quiet. In fact she has signed up to be locked away on her own as a contestant on Channel 4’s The Celebrity Circle for the Stand Up To Cancer campaign. But in real life the actress and presenter insists that, on balance, the time she was forced to spend indoors with her brood has been much more enjoyable than she expected. Denise has been in a romance with Eddie Boxshall for seven years and the pair live together in Essex with her 10-year-old daughter Betsy, who she shares with ex Lee Mead. Eddie, 46, a commodities trader, also has a son and a daughter from a previous marriage. And while seeing some of her friends’ relationships reach breaking point, she says the past year and three long lockdowns have help them bond as a family. She says: “We’ve had both sides of it, the horrible side where there was a lot of tears and a lot of heartache, then the plus … [Read more...] about Denise Van Outen says family were brought together by lockdown despite ‘tears’