Dickens rechristened St Olave's as St Ghastly Grim because of its skeletal gateway, while Arthur Morrison rebadged the Old Nichol slum as The Jago. Petticoat Lane was once a genuine thoroughfare ...

From the Trellick Tower to the Boundary Estate, we’ve taken a look at some of London’s most famous council estates.

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East End in the 1800s was a vast, dirty, overcrowded slum struggling to cope ... brutally murdered woman—47-year-old Annie Chapman. The manner of her killing bore striking similarities to that of Mary ...

In a fresh development in this decades-old mystery, historian and author Russell Edwards ... JACK THE RIPPER'S VICTIMS Jack the Ripper’s brutal murders terrorised the slums of Whitechapel in east ...

Dhaka's sprawling slums have long been a symbol of hardship ... If I don’t give him money for drugs, he turns violent.” Sixteen-year-old Sifat, who works in a shop and dreams of going back to school, ...

Mumbai: State housing board Mhada and the SRA (Slum Rehabilitation Authority) will expedite work on 17 slum redevelopment projects involving 25,000 homes being undertaken in joint partnership.

Poor people in vast city slums across the Global South are burning plastic to cook their food, warm their homes and boil water for hot showers. Waste plastic is plentiful and highly flammable.

VIJAYAWADA: Om Shanti Charitable Trust, Vijayawada, an NGO, has become a lifeline for the underprivileged, particularly in slums. Founded by Chartered Accountant Sri Lakshmi Pinnamaneni ...

LeBron James said Sunday that the Los Angeles Lakers' trade for Luka Dončić has "given me energy," according to longtime NBA reporter Rachel Nichols. The 40-year-old added, "we'll see what ...