Filipinos in the UK have spoken of their desperate attempts to contact loved ones back home in the wake of typhoon Haiyan.

At least 10,000 people are feared dead and thousands of survivors desperately need food, fresh water and shelter.

More than 120,000 people from the Philippines live in England and Wales, with 44,000 in London.

They have described the heartache and sleepless nights caused by the “national calamity”.

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