Central Loneliness

Buildings are being lit up in green as people in Staffordshire are being reminded they’re 'not alone during their darkest hours' this Christmas and New Year.

Valerie Doughty from Melton Mowbray cannot afford heating, but she says it is the loneliness that hits the hardest during the cost of living crisis.

Day care centres have begun reopening as lockdown measures are relaxed, allowing many older people to leave their homes for the first time in months.