In the 1850s and 1860s, Kilgubbin was often mentioned in the pages of the Tribune and other Chicago newspapers. The name ...

THE slum clearance at Longlands was instigated by Frederick Jowett, Chairman of the Health Committee, who worked to improve conditions for ...

Government has grown too big and burdensome, but it also has many employees we couldn’t do without.

In a decisive move to uplift underprivileged children, the district administration has announced a special initiative to enroll slum and street children in schools, ensuring they receive education and ...

Over a century and a number of licence transfers later, Havering Libraries said The Laurie Arms was put at risk by Romford Borough Council's 1955 slum clearance scheme. Slum clearances took place ...

As a boy growing up with seven other family members crammed into a small room with intermittent electricity and no running ...

This is not the first time they have found themselves in this predicament. In 2012, the slum was razed, ironically for ...

Growing up in a Kenyan slum, Annastacia Mwende always loved cars but never thought of being a mechanic. Now, she is the star pupil at a back-street ...

With the deportation of former president Duterte, the Philippines seems to be moving toward increasing political instability ...

The Trust has empowered small businesses by providing pushcarts and weighing machines, ensuring financial independence for struggling street vendors. In Vambay Colony slum, 75 children now have ...

Corporation Street has always been a regular stop on any visit to the city centre. Every kid from the 1970s will have been ...