Watch as GB News star Martin Daubney is left speechless as a Sunderland local paints a bleak picture of the city amid a surging number of HMOs (Houses of Multiple Occupation).

Billy Shergold told the People’s Channel that the growing number of HMOs are no longer being used to house international students, as originally intended, but are now accommodating an influx of illegal migrants.

He said not only has anti-social behaviour skyrocketed as a result, but more horrific crimes have occurred on his doorstep.

“This used to be an affluent area. I was brought up in the slums and I made my way up around here and now we’ve found out nearly one in three of these houses on Roker Avenue are nearly all HMOs”, he said.

Mr Shergold told Martin about some of the horrifying crimes occurring in his home town

“We’re getting a lot of asylum seekers here. We’ve had stabbings, girls being molested and fighting amongst themselves. Two doors down from me, we had a cannabis factory that went up in flames.

“We had a big meeting a couple of weekends ago and some Conservative councillors there who just kept going over and over the same things. My house now isn’t even worth much. I wouldn’t get £150,000 for it.

“It’s getting worse and worse. You don’t feel safe. Even I don’t feel safe at night, because of the turnover of illegal immigrants.”

Mr Shergold said he is concerned about more migrants being “dumped” onto roads like his as the Government presses ahead with its plan to stop the use of migrant hotels.

Martin told Mr Shergold that some of his admissions left him crestfallen

“Nobody knows who is on their roads. Some way back, we had two schoolgirls dragged off the street and raped in a house just up the road from me”, he said.

“We’ve had fights, stabbings, we’ve had crowds walking around. You walk into Sunderland centre and they’re hanging about where the young girls are.

“Families in this area now are frightened.”

Martin, visibly stunned by some of the claims, told Mr Shergold he was “desperately sad” to hear how Sunderland has changed.

It was announced last month that there would be a pause on the purchase of homes for asylum seekers in Sunderland.

The move followed a similar notion in County Durham in June.

The Home Office said the city had met its targets, hence the decision to pause.

According to the latest Home Office statistics, 830 asylum seekers were housed by the Government in Sunderland, which is home to about 275,000 people.

Mr Shergold said a house just up the road from him was turned into a cannabis farm

Nearby Newcastle City Council covers an area home to about 300,000 people, and houses just over 1,200 asylum seekers.

Martin visited the city last month to find out how locals feel about the state of Britain, 12 months since violence erupted on its streets in the wake of the Southport killings.

He was visibly emotional speaking to a group of women who each felt despondent about where the country was headed.

“The Labour Government has lied, lied, lied and is still lying”, one said.

“I’m sorry. I went from a Labour supporter who used to deliver letters for Bridget Phillipson to Reform UK. As far as I’m concerned, put veterans first, not immigrants.

“My grandad was a Labour councillor. Thank God he’s not here to see what’s happening to this country.”

Another local added: “JD Vance said we’re committing societal suicide and I completely and utterly agree.

“As a born again Christian, I believe that’s our foundation and we need to concentrate on it. Without that fundamental foundation, everyone thinks everyone is selfish and there is no filter.

Sunderland was one of the many UK locations where riots broke out

“It’s chaos. What we see out there is chaos. That’s how I feel about this city and all of our cities.

“Chris Rea once said we’re going to hell in a handcart, and he was right.”

Martin was visibly choked up by the passionate sentiments being put forward.

Angela Rayner proclaimed in her final months as Deputy Prime Minister that Britain can expect more civil unrest unless “the Government shows it can address people’s concerns”.

Before she resigned this week over a tax scandal, she dramatically intervened in the final Cabinet meeting before the summer recess to warn of more economic insecurity, immigration and Britons spending more time online.

She said each of these trends will have a “profound impact on society”.

The Labour Government is looking to stave off future riots by investing in a “Plan for Neighbourhoods”.

Around £1.5bn will be invested across 75 towns to give people “real improvements they can see on their doorsteps and in their communities”.

Downing Street has said that investing in the “most deprived areas” will see pride restored in local areas.