Thousands sleep rough at Christmas

More than 24,000 people in Britain are facing spending Christmas sleeping rough, in tents or on public transport, according to new research.

This number has increased massively over the past five years, according to national homelessness charity Crisis, which commissioned the study from Heriot-watt University in Edinburgh.

The research showed 12,300 people are sleeping rough on the UK’S streets and nearly 11,950 are spending their nights in cars, on trains, on buses or in tents.