A mum has spoken of her "nightmare" living situation - with her family-of-five crammed into a one-bedroom flat. Catherine Celiesius and her partner Shane Turner have no choice but to sleep in the living room of the tiny space - alongside their toddler and baby.
The Sutton Coldfield house has just four rooms - a kitchen, lounge, bathroom and single bedroom, which has been given to Freddie, Catherine's seven-year-old who has ADHD and requires a separate space to sleep.
Each night, the couple pull out a sofa bed where they sleep alongside toddler Cody and put Lola, one, in her cot for the evening, with all the lights turned out at 7pm in a bid to get the little ones to drift off.
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