Poverty

A police tent in West Park in Wolverhampton following a stabbing.

Watch: Region records highest rate of knife crime offences

Adults living in hygiene poverty are going without deodorant, toothpaste, or a hot shower to ensure their family can have a meal.

Adults giving up basic hygiene products to ensure family can eat

Munira Wilson MP says schoolchildren are so hungry they are ‘eating rubbers’.

Watch: Schoolchildren are so hungry they are ‘eating rubbers’

Story of a divorced mum-of-two reveals dark times of hygiene poverty

Many schoolgirls struggle to access period products

Uniform Exchange founder Kate France (third right) with volunteers at the charity

Free school uniform charity in Kirklees facing big rise in requests from parents

Stacey Dooley

Stacey Dooley announces UK tour - full details

'The new deputy chairman of the Conservative Party, Lee Anderson is wrong to believe that charities supporting asylum seekers in Calais are involved in a multimillion-pound industry'. PIC: UK Parliament/PA Wire

Lee Anderson: ‘myth’ those on Universal credit are in poverty

A child carries a tray with food during lunch-break at St Mary’s RC Primary School, in Battersea, south London.

Number of children in food poverty nearly doubles to four million

Women born into the highest levels of deprivation in Kirklees live 8.4 years less than those in more affluent areas

Study reveals women in part of Batley have lowest life expectancy in Kirklees

5 mental health benefits of owning a pet

Owning an animal can benefit your mental and physical health - here are five mental health benefits of owning a pet according to UK charity, People’s Dispensary for Sick Animals (PDSA)

Daniel Mcneil

Free School Meals For All bill reading delayed in Parliament

A woman holds a shopping basket of groceries.

Cost of living: Groceries cost could soar by £1.7bn

Fairtrade cocoa farmer Bismark Kpabitey (photo: Fairtrade Africa)

Fairtrade Fortnight: how the chocolate you buy can make a real difference

Dr Jane Richardson of the West Yorkshire Archalogical Service with a skull found during the dig in Leeds at the site of Victoria Gate.

Discovery of children's bodies reveals an insight into city's grim past