Update - Steven Geoffrey Brown has been found. In an update on Sunday night, North Wales Police said he had been found by mountain rescue teams and is being assessed by doctors.
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Carol used to make a Sunday dinner for the whole family, but when she looked at her meter and saw one meal had cost her £7, she had to stop.
“Politicians don't have to worry about feeding their kids and the prices. They could have a full cooked meal and not think of the price whereas families on my estate struggle,” she says.
The grandmother, from Tameside, has been struggling to make ends meet and worries things will only get harder this winter as the cost of living crisis starts to bite.
She often looks after her granddaughters, whose parent has ‘very poor mental health’ and is regularly hospitalised.
“They have to stay with me so that they don’t end up in care,” she says.
The Prime Minister is currently considering a benefits rise in line with earnings , rather than soaring inflation - which would essentially represent a real-terms cut. It's a move her former leadership rival, Penny Mordaunt, opposes. But at least one Cabinet member, the Home Secretary, wants to cut welfare spending.
Suella Braverman this week told a Tory conference fringe event there is a ‘Benefits Street culture’ in the UK and ‘far too many people’ are ‘fit to work’ but choose to claim welfare instead.
Save the Children say that’s not true. They are campaigning for the government to raise benefits in line with inflation, scrap the benefits cap and pay £10 extra per child into the child element of Universal Credit.
The charity has handed out 797 grants to families in Greater Manchester since April 2020 - initially to negate the effects of the pandemic and since then to help those struggling with the cost of living crisis. The charity also supports a Pantry Store run by the Smallshaw Hurst Community Action Group, in Cedar Park, which works with
Update - Steven Geoffrey Brown has been found. In an update on Sunday night, North Wales Police said he had been found by mountain rescue teams and is being assessed by doctors.
Tragedy hit the roads of Greater Manchester on Saturday night as a man and a teenage boy were killed in separate crashes just two-and-a-half hours apart.
With spooky season upon us it’s a chance to indulge in our supernatural side - and there’s no better way to do that than with a visit to a castle. They’re the sites of bloody battles and brutal sieges, so it’s not surprising that they often have an eerie atmosphere.
For over a decade Dr Matee Ullah has been the hairline hero who has given the gift of confidence back to patients suffering from hair loss. Katie Price, X Factor, I'm A Celebrity and Dancing On Ice star Jake Quickenden, TOWIE's James Lock, Love Island 's Jack Fincham and Dom Lever, pop star Gareth Gates and ex-Eastenders actor and Joe Swash are among the stars who've sought help from hair transplant surgeon Dr Matee Ullah who has performed thousands of procedures.
Seven tower blocks stand proud and tall over Rochdale. Minutes away from the town centre, the 'Seven Sisters' were a feat of engineering when completed in the 1960s.
A suspended senior Greater Manchester Police officer is facing allegations of sexual harassment, it has been confirmed.
First-time buyers today face an even bigger challenge when it comes to getting a foot on the property ladder. House prices have been on the rise for the past few years and on top of the cost of living crisis, which is making it more difficult to save for a deposit, mortgage repayments are now expected to rise alongside interest rates.
A handful of tickets have been dished out by police after a 'car meet' took place in a peaceful Cheshire village. Officers handed out nine tickets following the event in Chelford, near Alderley Edge, at the weekend.
Autumn signals the arrival of many things: pumpkin-spiced drinks, darker nights and a return to big coat weather. Yet nothing is as synonymous with autumn as the colourful displays nature puts on for us.
Police who went to a Salford tower block to make arrests discovered a Breaking Bad style drugs lab. The crystal meth lab was set up inside a flat at Adelphi Court.
A man has been killed by a falling tree in Sale, police have tragically confirmed.
Police investigating money laundering hit the jackpot when they stopped a car in Salford. Stuffed into cardboard boxes in the vehicle was almost a quarter of a million pounds.
A police horse who dedicated over half of his life to serving Greater Manchester has now retired to the Horse Trust.
It's Thursday and fortunately the weather is starting to pick up.
The early bird catches the worm - or, in this case, the noodles! Tomorrow, the first 100 people in the queue of Manchester’s Chopstix restaurants will be able to bag a free meal in celebration of National Noodle Day (October 6).
Many Mancunians will remember visiting a now lost theme park only a short car journey from Greater Manchester and only a few miles from the ever popular Alton Towers.
Going for a walk through the trees has to be one of the best activities to do during autumn. There’s something cosy about wrapping up on a crisp day and heading outside, while the chilly air leaves you feeling invigorated.
"It's a scary situation to live in. Residents here are in danger."
All hope is not lost for house hunters in Greater Manchester as the property market is showing some signs of slowing down. House prices have been on the rise for quite some time now, with the average price of property in the region now £241,657 according to Rightmove's latest data.
A pervert who travelled 150 miles to meet up with what he believed to be a 13-year-old girl was one of the criminals locked up in Greater Manchester this week.