But they could have so easily been blown away or badly damaged by falling trees in Storm Darwin. Fr Simon Sleeman said thoughts turned immediately to the God Pods when the gales began to howl.

The pods were designed with women chiefly in mind – yet while the (then) male-only main homeless shelter in Hereford’s Symonds Street “is warm, pods are cold, wet, dark and isolated ...

It was a "good feeling" to have somewhere nice and warm to live and shower, says Fred A man who previously "wasn't bothered" if he lived or died thinks shelter pods for rough sleepers have allowed ...