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Rebecca Evans is a staff news reporter for the Daily Mirror and writes for the Pavement in her spare time. Her interests include human rights, international development, crime and politics. Before working for the national press, she wrote for various regional and local newspapers as a general news reporter and social affairs correspondent.

Tent cities update
Rebecca Evans June 15 2012

More than 5,000 Americans now live in squalid, filthy, make-shift camps

  They stand as a shameful blot on the landscape of modern-day America. Squalid, filthy, make-shift camps which are now ho...

Homeless residents sue US city
Rebecca Evans May 10 2012

Twelve plainfiffs allege their personal property was unlawfully taken when their camp was levelled

  Homeless people in California are suing the government after their property was lost during the demolition of a tent cit...

Homeless heritage dig
Rebecca Evans April 09 2012

Homeless people and students join forces for a dig with a difference

  Homeless people and university students in York have joined forces for an archaeological dig with a difference. Unearth...

Simon’s new service
Rebecca Evans December 09 2011

 We look at the Community’s new service for women rough sleepers

  Homeless charity The Simon Community has launched a new group for women rough sleepers. The project aims to provide a s...

Growing demand for food hand-outs
Rebecca Evans November 07 2011

 Fareshare is now providing food to 35,000 people every day

  The demand for hand-outs from food donation charities has drastically increased, new figures suggest. Fareshare, an org...

Brighton re-count reveals rising number of rough sleepers
Rebecca Evans October 06 2011

 Seven-fold increase under new headcount guidelines

  A recent change in the way rough sleepers are counted in Brighton has found the total figure to be more than seven times...

Homeless man arrested for unlawfully charging phone...
Rebecca Evans September 16 2011

 ...but prosecutors decide not to pursue the case

  A homeless man was arrested after being caught charging two mobile phones in a plug socket outside a US shop. Shaun Faw...

Homeless hotspot receives royal visit
Rebecca Evans September 16 2011

 Duke and duchess visit Skid Row children’s project

  A spotlight was thrown onto the homeless capital of the world after a visit by the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge during ...

Bid to elect ‘Supertramp’ as bearer of Olympic torch
Rebecca Evans September 16 2011

 

  More than 17,000 people have joined a Facebook group to nominate a Bournemouth eccentric to carry the London 2012 Olympi...

Food arrests in US
Rebecca Evans July 07 2011

Seven people could face imprisonment in the US for feeding the homeless

  Seven people could face imprisonment in the US for feeding the homeless. The activists were arrested after handing out ...

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