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Scores of people face a grim Christmas and risk 'deadly' conditions on the streets of Birmingham as temperatures plummet to freezing this festive period.

New data shows record numbers of rough sleepers were counted for this time of year in England. An estimated 9,292 people were seen sleeping rough across England in September - 299 more than in the same month the previous year, and a 76 per cent increase from the 5,287 rough sleepers recorded in September 2021.

Although the figure here in Birmingham has remained fairly stable, bucking the national trend, an estimated 106 people were still bedding down on the streets in September.

That's compared to an estimated 108 rough sleepers the previous year, and 110 rough sleepers counted in 2021.

In Birmingham, the rough sleepi

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