“I was crying for days… you’ve just got to keep going on”

Jennie Taupin was forced to leave her rented home in Gnosall, Staffordshire after the owner sold up. With no immediate plan, 74-year-old Jennie sofa-surfed at a friend’s house in Shropshire.

She’s been speaking to BBC Radio Derby’s Andy Twigge after finding a new place to live in Uttoxeter.