Leasowe woman's life as a hoarder

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Ruth Cookson from Wirral had always struggled to let go of things. But as she grew up, the compulsion to hang on to objects – from the valuable to the worthless – became more and more of a problem. Eventually it put her at risk of losing her home as her one-bedroom flat in Leasowe became unliveable. We went to meet her.