Reporter Joanna Morris sleeps rough to highlight homeless plight (From The Northern Echo)

Skipped past all tweets about x factor to read @JoannaLMorris night on the streets. Eye opening stuff.

— @banks_photo 09 December 2012

@JoannaLMorris huge respect To u for doing this.Hope u get some warmth and stay safe.thinking of you.well done its a HUGE acheivement x

— @spriggit 09 December 2012

well said "@JoannaLMorris: Before phone dies-nobody should live like this in 2012.Support your local charities,look out for other people."

— @hethro71 09 December 2012

@JoannaLMorris did GNR for @centrepointuk and have seen first hand the work they do. Good on you for doing this.

— @MasonEcho 09 December 2012

Going to give up life on streets n see what another option for Teesside's homeless is like.Read about the whole thing in Northern Echo later

— @JoannaLMorris 09 December 2012

Impossible to keep warm n dry.Phone running out.Local charity Ive been working with have me standby bed.

— @JoannaLMorris 09 December 2012

Cant believe its bouncing down and @JoannaLMorris is sleeping rough ! Made me think of the homeless out being soaked for the first time ever

— @xtuppax 09 December 2012

@JoannaLMorris surely this terrible situation is down to lack of communication with social services ect.in 2012 this should not be happening

— @martyrob63 09 December 2012

Its a good job i have my bf here for company.The streets = intimidating and pretty dull.No mental stimulation must have impact long term.

— @JoannaLMorris 09 December 2012

Popped in police station.They say any homeless who come in are dealt with by an emergency council team.Good to see authorities work together

— @JoannaLMorris 09 December 2012

This makes me realise just how easy it is to end up like him.This economic climate is colder than I am.

— @JoannaLMorris 09 December 2012

RT @darlobikegirl: Check out @JoannaLMorris tweets tonight. Very sobering as she spends a night on the streets just a few miles from the new X Factor winner ..

— @TheresaClear 09 December 2012

He broke his guitar when he collapsed with pneumonia few weeks ago.People walked past him.He credits female jogger with saving his life.

— @JoannaLMorris 09 December 2012

Talking to John,hes heading to a hostel.Hes been homeless 22 years on and off.Tries not to take from anyone,gets by busking.Humbling.

— @JoannaLMorris 09 December 2012

@JoannaLMorris @EchoPeterBarron After awareness raised, will u signpost to services? Darlo Council Housing Options & 1st Stop do good work

— @lucasp1984 09 December 2012

@JoannaLMorris good luck and take care on the streets of Stockton tonight

— @NEDayCrafts 09 December 2012

Is that rain i feel? Awesome.How people cope with this regularly is beyond me.Nobody should feel the cold in 2012.

— @JoannaLMorris 09 December 2012

RT @HendersonGraham: My journo mate, @JoannaLMorris is sleeping on the streets in Stockton tonight to raise awareness for homelessness. Follow, support/Twit her.

— @ClaireRowley31 09 December 2012

Please go follow @JoannaLMorris She's a reporter spending the night out on the streets of Stockton to raise awareness of homelessness

— @ClaireRowley31 09 December 2012

@JoannaLMorris look forward to hearing how it goes. Hope you are ok, especially as you have had lurgy. Hope layers keep you warm x

— @EmmaChesworth1 09 December 2012

@JoannaLMorris there are some good people out there. An security officer let me sleep in the locked car park one time #safety

— @hollired 09 December 2012

Street pastors spend Fri n Sat nights out til 3am helping the needy on the streets. Respect.

— @JoannaLMorris 09 December 2012

Kudos to Stockton Baptist Tabernacle who let me use their facilities, made me tea and told me all about the work of their street pastors

— @JoannaLMorris 09 December 2012

The streets are eerily quiet.Feel so conspicuous when people walk past.Like a sitting target.Luckily I also seem to be invisible to most.

— @JoannaLMorris 09 December 2012

Unanticipated problem...where do the homeless ladies pee?

— @JoannaLMorris 09 December 2012

While you're watching X Factor in the warm tonight spare a thought for reporter @JoannaLMorris who's spending the night on the streets...

— @HannahBryanEcho 09 December 2012

@JoannaLMorris good luck with what you're doing. I lived rough a few years ago so know how you'll be feeling in the early hours

— @hollired 09 December 2012

while I'm laid on the sofa watching tv with the heating on full blast my colleague @JoannaLMorris is spending the night homeless. Respect

— @hethro71 09 December 2012

Staff member outside local pizza shop says he defies boss to feed homeless as when he first came to england he was on the streets himself

— @JoannaLMorris 09 December 2012

"@JoannaLMorris: Raising awareness of homelessness and the plight of @NightstopTees on spending night on streets of Boro." Great cause

— @puddle_duck 09 December 2012

Reports show that a lot of homeless people shelter in bins to stay inconspicuous. http://t.co/deSRmWHA

— @JoannaLMorris 09 December 2012

My phone says 7 degrees.Feels subzero in the doorway of natwest.

— @JoannaLMorris 09 December 2012

@cllrharrington it'll be a good read if @JoannaLMorris survives the cold night...

— @hethro71 09 December 2012

Teesside reporter @JoannaLMorris is spending the night on the streets to highlight the plight of the homeless in winter. Give her a follow.

— @graemeecho 09 December 2012

Two jumpers, a top, a vest and all the winter woolies I can muster.Off to Stockton in half an hour.#echohomeless

— @JoannaLMorris 09 December 2012