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"Fake Homeless": Who's Begging on the Streets?

Is Britain being duped by “fake homeless”, chancers posing as destitute to boost takings? Or is this a scare story to demonise real homeless? Ellie Flynn investigates. The number of people sleeping rough in England is at a record-high – a 73% increase over the last three years. Government data shows that on any given night in autumn last year, nearly five thousand people were recorded sleeping on the streets, a figure that has more than doubled since 2010. But there are claims that the UK has a serious problem with “fake homeless” begging on the street. These are people who have homes, but still go out onto the streets to beg. They pose as if they are living on the streets so that they can collect money from strangers. News stories of scammers are frequent, and some police records show that 80% of people begging have “some kind of home” to go to. With beggars in our towns and cities sometimes behaving aggressively and anti-socially, the thought that people may be pretending to be homeless when they're not has enraged many communities. In Cambridgeshire, the police say there are towns where everyone begging is fake so they practice a “zero tolerance” attitude to encountering begging, sending them for sentencing at a magistrates. But it’s not just the police who are stamping out fake begging. In Devon, Ashley Sims is taking a stand by photographing, investigating and then shaming fake homeless beggars. He claims he has cut the number of homeless in Torbay from 23 to just 6 homeless people, as all the “fake homeless” have been driven out after being exposed. Ashley has been branded a “homeless vigilante” by the press. And in Liverpool one business owner claims every beggar outside his pubs and clubs is fake homeless. So are we in a country full of scammers? Homeless charities argue that the individuals people like Ashley is photographing and Cambridge police are taking action on may well have homes, but that they have complex and chaotic lives that may have led to them begging on the streets. They argue that people like Ashley are demonising the homeless population, who already face a lack of trust and abuse from the public. So what's the truth?

"Fake Homeless": Who's Begging on the Streets?

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Cathy Quest

“Cathy Quest” is a cartoon about the fascinating adventures of the girl named Katya and her best friend EF. Through the magical portal Wherever-Going Door the main characters set off on a journey, discovering new worlds and coming to the aquariums, bakeries, factories and other places where it is often not so easy to penetrate even for the adults. Katya and EF are not only waiting for the adventurous travelling, but they are also interested in different devices, mechanisms and enterprises – how they work and are managed.

Cathy Quest

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ISS: 24/7 on a Space Station

The International Space Station (ISS) is without doubt the most ambitious orbital project ever built. This giant assemblage covering some 9,700m2 has allowed men and women to prepare for long periods of weightlessness, as a precursor to possible trips to Mars. It has also allowed people from around the world to live and work together, with no fewer than 16 nations having participated in the construction of this steel behemoth weighing 400 tonnes. But how did the engineers and astronauts go about assembling this station in space? How does it operate? What energy source does it use. How do the crew get there? And how do they get home again? What is it like to eat, sleep and even breathe on board? This film takes us inside the International Space Station.

ISS: 24/7 on a Space Station

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Diamond of Boyana

Djordje Popovic, young doctor from Belgrade, receives an anonymous call to meet his father. Up until that moment Djordje is strongly convinced that his father is dead, nevertheless he decides to give in the adventure of discovering his own identity. He leaves for Montenegro and while travelling meets Lola, young kiteboarder, also a daughter of a police inspector, on her way to Ada Bojana. After many years of serving his sentence Nikola Popovic is coming out of the prison in Trst. He is planning a short visit to Montenegro, just to collect the hidden diamonds stolen long time ago from european jewelry stores.

Diamond of Boyana

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Neobot Master

A Neobot, the robot controlled by coding, is being required for every human in 2037. ‘Jinu’ shows off his talent in Coding Battle – a robot battle between Neobots – but is not doing well in coding theory. Neobot Master is a story that ‘Jinu’ getting into a ‘Neobot Academy’, – a school for coding programmerㄴ – overcoming the hardships and schemes and learning friendships. We strongly believe that the Neobot Master is the best solution for kids to get familiar with ‘Coding’.

Neobot Master

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