Rahil SheikhBbc Panorama

2 months ago | bbc.co.uk | Rahil SheikhBbc Panorama |Rahil Sheikh

Media caption, Sinead has lived in her flat in Brighton since 2020"I fear for his health because I know once it comes back, his health starts to deteriorate all over again," says Sinead as she shows us the mould staining the walls of the flat she shares with her son. When she and five-year-old Aziyah moved into their home in Brighton in 2020, it seemed in good condition. But black mould quickly began to appear. Over the next two years it spread all over the walls, even onto the beds and furniture.

Jan 23, 2024 | bbc.co.uk | Rahil SheikhBbc Panorama |Rahil Sheikh

Pupils at a school which has lost two thirds of its space due to crumbling concrete have said they are worried about the impact on their exams. Scalby School, in Scarborough, had to close parts of its site because of the presence of reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (Raac) in September. One pupil said it was hard to compete against "everyone else in the country" without the "same facilities". The government said it was not possible to change exams for only some students.

Jan 22, 2024 | bbc.co.uk | Rahil SheikhBbc Panorama |Rahil Sheikh

He also said if the programme had not been cancelled he thinks most of the issues impacting the school estate today, including Raac, would have been "picked up earlier" - because every secondary school in England would already have been structurally assessed.