RachelGorman published Edwalton family left without a boiler for six weeks

A family has been left without hot water or heating for six weeks – forcing them to make a round trip of at least 16 miles to visit relatives for a wash.Dad Richard Gilbert says Metropolitan housing association, which look after his family home in Edwalton, has continually failed to secure a spare part needed to make their boiler safe.The 27-year-old, along with his girlfriend Cristal Bennett, and 15-month-old baby Jamie, has resorted to huddling around a gas fire in the living room..