Father of boy, 2, who died from mould in flat hopes new law 'might be enough to protect others'

The father of a two-year-old boy who died from black mould in his social housing flat says he never wants anyone else to go through what they have - as a new law brought in after his death comes into effect.

Awaab Ishak died in 2020 from a severe respiratory illness caused by prolonged exposure to the mould in his family's housing association flat in Rochdale, Greater Manchester.

His throat, windpipe and other airways were swollen and congested. Fungus was found in his blood and lungs, with such severe inflammation that his official cause of death was given as "environmental mould pollution".

His father, Faisal Ishak, had complained repeatedly to the housing provider, Rochdale Boroughwide Housing, about the mould in the three years leading up to his son's death - but nothing was done.