The last few years have been hard on Nottingham. Look around and you can see the very visible signs of decay, which reflect the financial troubles inside the City Council. Empty shops, a half-finished ...

“If I hadn’t been living at All Saints, I’d probably still be in a tent,” 43-year-old Mark Farmer says. We’re sitting on a sofa in a warm house just outside Nottingham City Centre, but until recently, ...