ITV News reports on homeless deaths in Cardiff
Homeless people in Cardiff have 'lost count' of number who have died on streets, according to a report from ITV News.
Homeless people in Wales' capital have said they have ‘lost count’ of the number of people who have died on the streets as temperatures across the country drop to below freezing.
This week, temperatures in Cardiff have fallen below 0°C. They reached -2°C in the early hours of Thursday morning and are expected to reach -1°C in the early hours of Friday.
Volunteers from Helping our Homeless Wales, a self-funded charity, walk the streets of Cardiff every week to provide food, clothes and essential items to those on the streets.
ITV Wales reporter Gwennan Campbell accompanied volunteers from the charity on one of their rounds the streets of Cardiff, providing warm clothing and food to those who are rough sleeping.
"The need has got so much greater over the last six months. We’re now probably seeing three times the amount of people that we used to see. It’s quite a desperate situation in Cardiff," Kelly De-Winton, a volunteer with the charity in Cardiff said.
