23 h. ago As Salvation Army sacks worker for claim asylum seekers are taking houses from Dundee's needy, we find a city in crisis with drugs, homelessness

Huddled on a street corner, a young man in a blue jacket openly and shamelessly smokes crack cocaine from a pipe before staggering away with his friend.

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1 week ago 'I'm not racist': Salvation Army worker, 56, who was sacked for saying refugees should all be sent back 'on a boat' says migrants ARE taking up houses for the UK's homeless

Salvation Army worker Charles Markie, 56, who was sacked after saying migrants should be sent back home 'on a f***ing boat' has broken his silence to insist he is not racist.

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1 week ago 'I'm not racist': Salvation Army worker, 56, who was sacked for saying refugees should all be sent back 'on a boat' breaks silence

Salvation Army worker Charles Markie, 56, who was sacked after saying migrants should be sent back home 'on a f***ing boat' has broken his silence to insist he is not racist.

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1 week ago Pictured: Salvation Army worker, 56, who was sacked for saying refugees should all be sent back 'on a boat'

Salvation Army worker Charles Markie, 56, was sacked for saying: 'There wouldn't be a housing shortage if we weren't taking in 150 refugees,' and 'send them all back on a f****** boat'.

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1 week ago Pictured: Salvation Army worker, 56, who was fairly sacked for saying refugees should all be sent back 'on a boat'

Salvation Army worker Charles Markie, 56, was sacked for saying: 'There wouldn't be a housing shortage if we weren't taking in 150 refugees,' and 'send them all back on a f****** boat'.

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2 w. ago Salvation Army worker was fairly sacked for saying refugees should all be sent back 'on a boat', tribunal rules

A Salvation Army worker was fairly sacked for saying refugees should all be sent back 'on a boat' a tribunal has heard.

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2 w. ago Charity hands homeless people £2,000 to spend on anything they like (except drugs and alcohol) to study the results

Researchers at King's College London will follow those given the funding for a year after 250 homeless people in the capital and Belfast were recruited for a trial.

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4 w. ago The tragic downfall of Hollywood's brightest child stars: The troubled young actors who have gone off the rails with their lives blighted by drug addiction and homelessness

Childhood fame, immeasurable wealth and a cosseted life spent living in the media spotlight... it's the stuff dreams are made of, isn't it?

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