After Cornish staycation summer, locals fear a winter of evictions

Across the county, homelessness is on the rise as landlords cash in on the letting boom. We meet anxious families - and the people helping them

Like many other seaside towns across the country at this time of year, the streets of Newquay in November are a pretty drab affair. Ice-cream kiosks are locked up for the winter, and the town's famous beaches - where, in summer, holidaymakers jostle for space - are now empty.

It was one of the busiest summers on record for Cornwall, as Covid restrictions to overseas destinations made it a holiday hotspot. But now that the tourists have left, the impact of the staycation boom on the county is becoming abundantly clear as it faces up to a homelessness crisis out of all proportion to anything it has witnessed before.