On a grey and rainy November afternoon in Rochdale town centre, a group of college students push each other down the high street in an abandoned shopping trolley. Nobody tries to stop them, or even looks twice.
18.10.2023 - 19:01 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Residents of a quiet neighbourhood have spoken of their shock after a woman was stabbed in Wigan woodland this morning.
Officers received the call from near Amberswood Common around the Platt Bridge area at around 10.10am today, Greater Manchester Police confirmed. A woman has been taken to hospital following the horrific incident. No further details about her age or identity have been released.
The woman's injuries are not believed to be life-threatening, the force added. Police haven't provided any more information about the attack, and no arrests have been made as yet.
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Residents bordering the vast Amberswood Common woodland, which surrounds Ince-in-Makerfield, Hindley and Platt Bridge, explained they have never experienced such a shocking incident. Jeffery Hart has lived in the area since 1979 and was a member of Wigan Council.
He told the Manchester Evening News : "I've never heard of anything like this happening here - but there's a bad apple in every barrel. It's a really quiet place, and it's a brilliant place to live."
"It's a really quiet area, I've been here more than 20 years and have never heard of anything like this. It's peaceful - that's why we've stayed. It's just awful news," agreed Adele Scrivens.
Brian Aspinall is another long-time resident of the area, now 77, he moved to his home in 1969. "I've lived here for more than 40 years, you have neighbours falling out over parked cars - that's about it.
"There's been nothing like this."
Officers are said to have remained in the area this afternoon to conduct enquiries. Eyewitnesses walking in the
On a grey and rainy November afternoon in Rochdale town centre, a group of college students push each other down the high street in an abandoned shopping trolley. Nobody tries to stop them, or even looks twice.
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