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'Houses worth coming home to' - that's how 'Winter Folly', a small enclave of 22 semi-detached houses built in 1998 near Basildon, Essex, were advertised by housebuilder Lovell Partnership Ltd.

Sounds idyllic - and for the people who lived there it was, at first.

But in 2007 eight of the homes had to be repurchased by Lovell because they were found to be suffering from subsidence. The residents began moving out and the houses were boarded up. Since then those eight properties have remained empty.

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Watchdog has had another busy year battling on your behalf.

In February we told you how we had been able to buy dangerous, illegal weapons through one of the biggest names in online retail, eBay. Nicky Campbell looked at flick knives, a knife disguised as a pen and a dagger made of plastic which is as strong as steel. However, as a result of our report, eBay banned the sale of all knives except cutlery from its UK website and they've now closed the loophole which allowed British buyers to get them through their international site, eBay.com. Read the report on eBay.

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