52 h. ago London leaver: 'I didn’t want my girls growing up feeling scared'

A brush with an armed gang while pregnant prompted this family’s move to Surrey

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9 d. ago London leaver: 'Kent offers us a completely different lifestyle – and it doesn’t cost anything'

Forced out of London by rising rents, this family found their dream home thanks to a tired spelling mistake

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2 w. ago London leaver: 'We would have paid another £150k to buy this house in London'

London leaver: 'We would have paid another £150k to buy this house in London'  Evening Standard

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2 w. ago London leaver: 'we would have paid another £150,000 to buy something like this in London'

After a lifetime spent living on the south eastern fringes of London Caroline and Richard FitzGerald began to question whether they were staying put simply out of habit.

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3 w. ago Living with long Covid when the world has moved on – podcast

What is life like with – and after – long Covid? Helen Pidd reports“I think he actually got it while he was climbing on a climbing trip. And it was bad, but it wasn’t awful.”James first caught Covid-19 in April 2022 and as his partner Emma explains to Helen Pidd, it was not until months later that the severity of his infection became apparent. He became unable to get up and walk and was hypersensitive to noise and light. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago London leaver: 'I think we are better people in North Yorkshire'

When Jessica Lorimer’s doctor sat her down and told her that she was suffering from multiple sclerosis her life changed forever. Not only would she have to cope with the multiple symptoms of the chronic disease, but she would also have to rethink her lifestyle completely.

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last month London leaver: 'having nature on the doorstep was good for my long Covid recovery'

Just as the rest of us was emerging back into the world following the pandemic, Rachael Heath-Porsz found herself still housebound thanks to the after-effects of Covid-19.

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